tenticle like worm...ID please

[ksh_cx]

Ok i saw some tenticles coming out of a mond of sand then took a net to scoop it up and saw this worm...what is it? Is it safe? Looks scary...

 

[geoj]

Spaghetti worm

 

[ksh_cx]

tried doing a research but didnt really find much. are they safe or should i take it out. Only read that they are helpful as scavengers. is it true?

 

[geoj]

I would keep

 

[renogaw]

Originally Posted by GeoJ
http:///forum/post/3161546
I would keep
i would give to me if he was near...

 

[bang guy]

It's a Hair Worm (Cirratulid), not a Spaghetti Worm (Terebellid). They are also beneficial but are found in the sand bed more often than the rocks. Spaghetti worms are usually in the rocks and typically have white tentacles.

 

[spanko]

Do I also see a couple of mini bristle starfish arms there or does a hair worm have bands of color like that?

 

[bang guy]

Originally Posted by spanko
http:///forum/post/3161754
Do I also see a couple of mini bristle starfish arms there or does a hair worm have bands of color like that?
Hair Worms have two types of tentacles, gills - shorter and typically a solid color, and palps (gatherers) which are long and often have horizontal stripes.

 

[geoj]

Originally Posted by Bang Guy
http:///forum/post/3161748
It's a Hair Worm (Cirratulid), not a Spaghetti Worm (Terebellid). They are also beneficial but are found in the sand bed more often than the rocks. Spaghetti worms are usually in the rocks and typically have white tentacles.
Thanks Bang for clarifying...
I just looked up Cirratulid and Terebellid I got to give it to ya even though both have been called Spaghetti as common.

 

[bang guy]

Originally Posted by GeoJ
http:///forum/post/3161812
Thanks Bang for clarifying...
I just looked up Cirratulid and Terebellid I got to give it to ya even though both have been called Spaghetti as common.
I accept with honor {bow}

 

[ksh_cx]

ok since its a hair worm, is it still safe to keep? is it beneficial as said for speghatti worm?

 

[bang guy]

Originally Posted by ksh_cx
http:///forum/post/3162010
ok since its a hair worm, is it still safe to keep? is it beneficial as said for speghatti worm?
IMHO they are more beneficial because Cirratulid eat detritus from above and below the sand and move when an area becomes clean. Terebellid only eat from the surface but their tentacles can get a LOT longer so they have more reach.

 

[ksh_cx]

Cool just did a bit more research on hair worms, thanks for all the great info. greatly appreciated. oh yeah, i saw it splited today too.. i think....i thought it was just one, but it split...is that how it reproduce?

 

[bang guy]

That is one of the ways they can reproduce.