Strange nudi... WTF? Mini-lettuce nudis?

[pacmann117]

Got a good video of these two creatures: they came off of a single montipora frag. I've seen monti nudis, and these are not them. Anyone know what they are??

Here are the ones i just found


Here is a monti nudi closeup for people who say they are monti nudis, I dont think they are.

I don't see any eggs, and can easily kill them. Just curious.

 

[William Lutman]

odd, when in doubt take them out.

you might ask person you got frag from

 

[pacmann117]

They are not going in, thats for sure. I worked in the industry for a long time, and have never seen small ones quite like these. Not zoa or monti nudis, yet there are three within the frag bag. I pulled the frag from the plug and carefully scraped the edges just in case of eggs... then dipped.

 

[madjoe]

Look cool what ever they r but probably destroy whole tank lol

 

[labas39]

Did they fall or survive a dip?

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[wrasse]

they look like Mini-lettuce nudis
Did you see eggs?

 

[reefaddiction]

Yup, they def look like a lettuce sea slug! Any bryopsis with the monti?

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[reefaddiction]

 look like this??

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[cet98]

those do not look like baby Lettuce nudis to me Ryan....I had babies in my tank back in '09 and they looked exactly like the mother....green and white spots all over with the flowing ruffles on top...
yours appear to be yellow and tan with long "tentacle" like fins....IMO I would try to isolate them for closer inspection....

 

[crabbygabby]

Not a lettuce nudi in the classical sense, as those are elysia crispata, which this is not. But very likely an elysiid, possibly an elysia obtusa.

 

[mtrcyclefish]

Nevermind. I looked at the pic instead of the video.