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Flatworms under lip of leather corals, Kavieng, Papua New Guinea
echeng
post Sep 10 2005, 05:05 PM
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In Papua New Guinea last month, I noticed sticky filaments extending out from polyp-withdrawn leather corals at night. The filaments would retract after capturing the critters attracted to my dive lights. Upon closed inspection, I found many little flatworm-like animals hiding under the lip of the coral. They are orange or red spotted.

Saw quite a few of these while in Kavieng. Any ideas on what they are? Here are some photos:









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- echeng   Flatworms under lip of leather corals   Sep 10 2005, 05:05 PM
- - james   Hi Eric, The filaments that extend from Sarchophy...   Sep 10 2005, 06:38 PM
- - Leslie   Oh, these are so cool! Great photos! The...   Sep 10 2005, 06:45 PM

 

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