Parasitic Invertibrates?

[Pineapple House]

I've had this P. eydouxi for around 10 days now. During that time I've noticed several areas within the coral start to bleach. The specimen is directly under a 400wt 10,000k Ushio and a 400wt 20,000k Radium.

I was checking over the surface of the coral and found several of these little invertibrates attached to the skeleton of the coral. As I pulled them off, I noticed that underneth them was white skeleton. I'm assuming that these were munching on the coral. I've seen Rapid tissue necrosis on Pocilloporids, but this doesn't look like any necrosis.

Any ideas?

Thanks,
Graham

 

[Pineapple House]

Here's the guy who I'm suspecting of doing this.

 

[Anonymous]

Those last pics are incredibly obscene.....please post a warning from now on :!: :lol:

 

[nanocat]

Just a wild guess, http://cima.uprm.edu/~morelock/biolog.htm some form of Coralliophilidae?
http://www.rshimek.com/rogue's_gallery.htm#Coral Eating Snails

 

[Pineapple House]

Lucie,
Bingo -- I think that's what it is. Thank you!

Graham