A Diamondback Hitchhiker
A Diamondback Hitchhiker
I've not been posting too much in this forum for a long time - thought I'd break the drought with this pic. Found this lovely Diamondback Tritonia at TTN yesterday. And as is so often the case, as I was looking at the pic later I spotted this little hitchhiker. Looks like an amphipod or an isopod but none of the pics in Lamb seem to match. Thoughts? Ideas? WIld guesses?
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Re: A Diamondback Hitchhiker
I have found these guys on tritonias before and was told by Leslie they are scale worms but never which exact one.
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Re: A Diamondback Hitchhiker
True. The most common hitch hikers on nudis seem to be Arctonoe pulchra and Arctonoe vittata. Both are in Lamb & Hanby. Color is variable and the pigment patterns that are supposed to characterize them (a red band in vittata and red marginal circles on the scales for pulchra) are often not there. When that happens - like with Tom's critter - I need to examine the worm under a microscope to be sure what name to call it. Crabs & fish are so much easier!