Hitch-hiker urchin

[ErinCahir]

So we've had this urchin that hitched a ride in on some polyps we bought about three months ago. I know I'm supposed to post a picture, but my husband knocked him off the glass while he was scrubbing the other day, so I can't get a good shot right now. :grumble:

He is tiny, the body is probably half an inch in diameter, with wispy-looking tentacles. Oh, and he's pink. Any ideas? I'll put a picture up once he gets a little closer to the glass...

 

[sen5241b]

Nice. Never heard of a hitch hiking urchin.

 

[ErinCahir]

Yeah, me neither. Which I why I was worried it was something other than an urchin, but there's really no way. Unless there's some kind of weird worm that disguises himself as an urchin. I'm worried he may be poisonous, but I'm just going to keep an eye on him for now. Like I said, he came in on some polyps and they're just fine...

 

[Bifferwine]

I think Yote sees hitch hiking urchins quite frequently on live rock. Someone else on here also has a pink hitch hiker that sounds just like yours.

As far as I know, they are harmless.