Dead Man’s Finger - Codium

Berghia or Spurilla ? tbd

Nudibranch hitchhiker; could it be an aiptasia eating Berghia or a Spurilla?  To be determined.  -photo credit E. Carter

Yellow Ball Sponges - Cinachyrella alloclada

Fuzzy Yellow Puffs

Feather Dusters - tbd

Feather. Duster.

MacroAlgae - Mexicana Caulerpa

Starfish

Tunicates - Clavelinidae

Unique tunicates!

Coralline - Gulf of Mexico Rhodoliths

Deep red to purple blotches.

Limpet - Diodora

Domed shell attached to live rock.

Tiger Goby - Elacatinus macrodon

Yep, tigers do live in Florida.

Basket Starfish - Astrophyton muriatum

Basket Starfish belong in the sea.

Purple Barnacle - Balanus amphitrite nivens

Small barnacles.

Moss Animal Bryozoa - Bugula neritina

Moss animal?

Orange Ball Sponge - Cinachyrella spp.

Not a cheese ball, don't eat.

Pincushion Urchin - Lytechinus variegatus

Hello pretty prickly!!

Porcelain Crab - Petrolisthes caribensis / gala...

Filtering crabs love peaceful tanks. (see photo for more info)

Rock-Boring Urchin / Purple Spined Urchin - Ech...

These tiny burs hide in live rock. They quickly grow into algae eating machines!

Orange Claw Hermit - Calcinus tibicen

Of course, oranges are fresh from Florida!

Yellow Excavating Sponge - Siphonodictyon brevi...

Little yellow dots on live rock!

Dead Man’s Finger - Codium

Doesn't sound appetizing with a name like that.

Tube Coral - Cladocora arbuscula

What kind of coral is that!?!

Shellback crab - Hypoconcha arcuata

Simply adorable.

Dimple Clawed Hermit - Pagurus impressus

Dimples on claws? Really. Yup.

Hidden Cup Coral - Phyllangia americana

Delicate coral cups hiding within TBS live rock.

Glass Sea Slug - Cyerce antillensis

Translucent lacey splat creeping on the glass.

Tiger Goby - Tigrigobius macrodon

Tigers do live in Florida.

Lightbulb Nem - Bellactis Lux

see on the name for more details.

Coral - Oculina robusta

Florida coral hitchhiker that grows on TBS planted rock.

Red Rock Sponge - Xytopsene sigmatum

Looks artificial..

Red Grape - Botryocladia

Red bubble macro!

Caulerpa Racemosa - Peltata

Now that is a unique plant!

Brown Macro - Sargassum Hystrix Sp

Never thought brown algae looked so good!

Red Sea Squirts - Polycarpa circumarata

Red blob attached to rock.

Brown Algae - Dictyota bartayresiana

Antibacterial, anti-inflammatory properties...sounds good.

Tunicate Colony - tbd

Colony of tunicates.

Red Footed Cucumber - Pentacta pygmaea

Unique cucumber.

Red tunicates - tbd

Red Tunicates!

Red & Purple tunicates? - tbd

RARE Tunicate.

Black and white tunicates - tbd

Unique coloration for tunicates.

Lancelets - Amphioxus, Branchiostoma floridae

Nocturnal indicators of a healthy sand bed!

Calico Clam - Callista maculate or Megapitaria ...

Clam hitchhiker.

White flame scallop - similar to C. Scaber (for...

Crazy looking bivalve.

White Condominium Tunicate - Aplidium sp

Translucent, slippery yet firm blob.

Blue Condominium Tunicate - Aplidium sp

Translucent, slippery yet firm blob.

Black Condominium Tunicate - Aplidium sp

Translucent, slippery yet firm blob.

Lavendar Sponge - Dysidea fragilis

Expert level lavender filter feeder.

White Bryozoa - Amathia distans

Rare winter wonder.

Smooth Star Coral - Solenastrea

A Florida coral that Glows!

Bivalve - tbd

Looks like a rock but it isn't!

Aqua blue sponge - tbd

Unique color for a sponge!

White encrusting Sponge - tbd

Winter white sponge.