I have never in all my years seen this!!

[Blowfishaq]

I was harvesting some macro algae from my refigum last night and found this. It feels like plastic and each flat sections is the size of a quater. What in the world is this??

Here is the link http://BlowfishAquatics.homestead.com/unknown.html

 

[Anonymous]

Here's something at least resembling it. I was way off--it isn't a horseshoe crab.
http://www.crpc.rice.edu/CRPC/GT/jholzapf/Gulf/eggcase.html

Ty

 

[Blowfishaq]

Found it. It is a Crown Conch egg case. I have several of these conch's in my refigum. I just can not believe that they could lay something so large. This egg case is larger then any of the conch's I have. To see a photo of the proud mother, hit the link in my first post and you will see a photo of her.

Bryan

 

[Anonymous]

That's really cool!

 

[Anonymous]

I've seen that somewhere as a kid--i think it's an egg casing. although my mind keeps coming back to horseshoe crab, i'm not sure that's right. can't quite grasp it. maybe more coffee power is the answer.

 

[Blowfishaq]

Ok!! My refugum has become a sleazy motel for conchs. Last night I saw 2 of my conchs locked together. Well I woke up to another string of egg sacks. I now have 3 separate sets of eggs. This is getting out of control. Does anyone have any info on Crown Conchs so I know if this is going to be a threat?

 

[Jon_Hewett_85]

If the young did make it to adult hood i'm shure many here would be interested in a baby conch

(me included)