snowflake on the glass?

[Anonymous]

I found today on the glass what looked like a snowflake. It had 8 equal length straight arms that were about 1 mm in length. At the end of these there were little whips that were about as long as the leg. In the center was a small post. It didn't move over the hour that I watched it. The whole thing, was about 1.5 mm in diameter.

Any ideas out there?
Ty

 

[davelin315]

A tiny crater in your glass? Maybe a tiny limpet? I don't really understand your description all that well (perhaps it's because it's almost 4AM here), but I don't think it will matter for long, as it appears from your pictures that your cleaner shrimp is doing some investigating.

 

[Anonymous]

I've had these on the glass of my tanks many times before. Never been able to figure out exactly what they were as they usually diappeared fairly quickly.

Glenn

 

[Anonymous]

This morning it was gone. I think may be some sort of hydroid.

Ty

 

[Anonymous]

My guess is some type of foraminiferan or pseudopodian.