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Fuzzy Chiton
General information The Fuzzy Chiton has 8 interlocking plates surrounded by an exterior ring the are normally brown and grow to 3 inches in length (8 cm). They commonly have algae growing all over the outer shell making them look like they are fuzzy. On live rock, they can be hard to find.
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Hard Tube Coco Worm
General information The Hard Tube Coco Worm is either orange, pink, red, white, or yellow in color and its radioles are banded. It can grow up to 7 inches. The “crowns” of this worm is bilobed in young and spiraled in adults. The worm’s body is protected by a calcareous tube that is 1/2 inch…
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Dwarf Zebra Hermit Crab
General information The Dwarf Zebra Hermit Crab is popular because of its unique coloration. Its pincers are dark but it has white or orange stripes making it look like zebra’s skin. It also has long eyestalks that are colored blue with an orange upper half part. Its body is small but its left claw is…
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Cluster Duster, Colored
General information The Cluster Duster Fan Worm is so named because it grows in a colony of about 100 individuals in a single clump. It is red in color and it can grow up to 2 inches. It is sensitive to water changes and predators and it leaves its radioles (fan tentacles) behind when the…
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Fancy Red Serpent Sea Star
General information The Serpent Sea Star of the genus Ophiomyxa has a central, 5-sided disc with five banded, scaly arms. Depending on the species and locale, the color can range from maroon to orange, to green. The central disc can also have variable markings. It does well in an aquarium if provided with ample hiding…
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Harlequin Shrimp
General information The Harlequin Shrimp was first scientifically described in 1852. The Harlequin Shrimp have a white body with large light blue spots, and the males are slightly smaller than the female. It differs from its close cousin, the Hawaiian H. picta which has purple and red spots. It has large claws (chelipeds) which are…
