What critter does this?
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Some sort of tube anemone or wormie, I'd guess.
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Cool video. I've seen that sort of thing before in Maui, but generally for only about 1/2 as long as an eruption. I've always assumed it was some sort of tube worm or perhaps a clam, but my digging expeditions have never uncovered anything.
I did, however, provide some amusement for the divers that came by at Ulua while I was kneeling on the sand, with one fin in my hand, using it as a shovel.
I did, however, provide some amusement for the divers that came by at Ulua while I was kneeling on the sand, with one fin in my hand, using it as a shovel.
What diameter was the hole? I am thinking some type of digging shrimp as there is an awful lot of debris being piled out.
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pro99line
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I have seen gobies do that before. Not as fast as that though.
DennisW
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Interesting.
pro99line
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I would guess a cleaner shrimp or some type of shrimp. Most gobies are bigger than the hole you described.
Callianassa burrowing shrimp, similar to:
http://www.whitney.ufl.edu/species/ghost-shrimp.htm
produce plumes like what you videotaped.
http://www.whitney.ufl.edu/species/ghost-shrimp.htm
produce plumes like what you videotaped.
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