limpets

[blueberrypie]

whats the difference between black and skirted limpets
the black limpet is a nuisance correct and the black can reproduce right

 

[bang guy]

The "Black Skirted Limpet"?
True Limpets are algae grazers.
Keyhole Limpets can sometimes eat the skim off Leather Corals.
There are Skirted Limpets and Skirted Keyhole Limpets.

 

[blueberrypie]

no trying to start a debate but in calfo and fenner's reef invertabrates they say that black limpets are bad and can reproduce rather quickly

 

[promisetbg]

Please tell me,what do they say is bad about them?I was given one the other day I think.I was told it was a sea hare,but I'm thinking it's a black limpet.It has a shell under it's tissue..if you touch it,the tissue recedes to show the shell.

 

[bang guy]

Originally posted by blueberrypie
no trying to start a debate but in calfo and fenner's reef invertabrates they say that black limpets are bad and can reproduce rather quickly
Sounds like a good subject to debate IMO.
Is there a picture? Are they confusing a Black Limpet with a Black Keyhole Limpet?

 

[blueberrypie]

im not sure ill look into to it a try to post about it on sunday maybe thats what they were saying are the black keyholes destructive

 

[j-cal]

limpets have extrnal shells if i remember correctly......