F&G: Identifiy this!

[Anonymous]

HEY! Mr. Pea...you just DID!

<sm, feelin' so proud of Mr. Pea>

 

[John_Brandt]

hi.
Oh, so the pic on the previous F&G thread should be the abyssus of the clam, not the gland. Thanx John.

I will still pick on people who misuse the term microphotograph :wink:

Unless I'm missing a joke here....you are wrong again Robin. You seem to insist on putting the"a" in front of the correct term.

The clam has a byssal gland.
The byssal gland secretes byssus.
The byssuses hold the clam to the substrate.

Some of these clams live in the abyss :wink:


John Brandt

MASNA
MAC
CMAS-Chicago

 

[John_Brandt]

Robin,

I created 2 typos of my own when I first corrected you.

I used byssal (which is correct) and then immediately in my haste typed bysall.

I edited my typos and thought I'd mention that there is a twinge of pain when one falls on one's own sword

John Brandt

MASNA
MAC
CMAS-Chicago

 

[Robin Goodfellow]

hi.
Alright! Alright! John, you gave me more hard times than all the Sumpsters add together! :lol:
Let me try it again.

"The answer to the previous F&G thread should be the byssi (pl. of byssus) of a clam, not the gland itself."

 

[Robin Goodfellow]

hi.
John, the pain is the same... it just takes longer to heal...

 

[Anonymous]

OK, my guess is either expelled innards of a holothurian or an immature feather star.

 

[John_Brandt]

hi.
Alright! Alright! John, you gave me more hard times than all the Sumpsters add together! :lol:
Let me try it again.

"The answer to the previous F&G thread should be the byssi (pl. of byssus) of a clam, not the gland itself."

Maybe, just maybe, this is my last post to this thread :wink:

Plural of byssus is either byssuses or byssi. Both are correct.

I got so hung up on the dang clam tangent that I forgot to take a guess at our mystery guest. Is it a terebellid worm (Annelid) outside of its typical tube lair?

John Brandt

MASNA
MAC
CMAS-Chicago

 

[Robin Goodfellow]

hi.
Some of you are very close, but none of you give me satisfactory answer. The key word that I am looking for is cirratulids ("hair worms"). Cirratulids is a close relative of terebellids (spaghetti worms), and often misidentified as such. The main difference between them is the lack of tube in the former, so I guess John_Brandt is damn close to the correct answer. Another feature is the presence of tenticles (actually, gill) on the "body." In the pic, you can see there are two types of tenticles. One zebra-type tenticles near the head, and one solide-colored (brown) on the body.

I am not an expert on the worms, so it is possible that terebellids is the right answer. Let me know so that several of you will get the credit you deserves if I am wrong.

I have the worm for about 4 years in my tank. It survived several tank disasters and several tank changes. (I moved the substrate from one tank to another.) Very interesting to watch.

See the following link for taxon. info on the order:
http://www.nhm.ac.uk/zoology/taxinf/bro ... rowser.htm

 

[John_Brandt]

hi.
Some of you are very close, but none of you give me satisfactory answer. The key word that I am looking for is cirratulids ("hair worms"). Cirratulids is a close relative of terebellids (spaghetti worms), and often misidentified as such. The main difference between them is the lack of tube in the former, so I guess John_Brandt is damn close to the correct answer. Another feature is the presence of tenticles (actually, gill) on the "body." In the pic, you can see there are two types of tenticles. One zebra-type tenticles near the head, and one solide-colored (brown) on the body.

I am not an expert on the worms, so it is possible that terebellids is the right answer. Let me know so that several of you will get the credit you deserves if I am wrong.

I have the worm for about 4 years in my tank. It survived several tank disasters and several tank changes. (I moved the substrate from one tank to another.) Very interesting to watch.

See the following link for taxon. info on the order:
http://www.nhm.ac.uk/zoology/taxinf/bro ... rowser.htm

Robin,

I think it's a terebellid and not a cirratulid. This one deserves to be shown to Ron Shimek for his opinion.

If it is terebellid, then folks who guessed "spaghetti worm" should get just as much credit as myself.

John Brandt

MASNA
MAC
CMAS-Chicago