Worm ID (description only)

[armlocker]

No cam so i gotta do this the hard way sorry

This thing is nocturnal i caught it an hour after lights out. body is 1 cm long, half red half clear, very thin. At its head, it has what looks like 30-50 tiny spaghetti worms reaching in all directions about 2-3 inches. This thing is crazy looking. Any ideas? Post pics if u have any clue... Thanks!!

 

[tizzo]

Spaghetti worm. Put spaghetti or spagetti in the search at the bottum of the reef forum. Lots of pics, but here's one...
https://www.saltwaterfish.com/vb/show...light=spagetti

 

[armlocker]

ohhhhh ok! thanks for the reply! So these thing ARE the spaghetti worms.. Then what are the things that reach off the LR that only have 1 tentacle that will stretch forever and are transparent. They are all over my rock....

 

[thomas712]

One tenticle? What color? You mean vermetid snail by chance?

 

[thomas712]

terribellid worm

 

[thomas712]

Cirratulid worm

 

[armlocker]

Thomas, what are the things that stretch from tiny holes in the LR, the one end always stays in the hole and the other end stretches and reaches all around catching floating stuff and pulling algea off rocks. Its transparent and you can see whatever it eating goin down the tube towards the hole. They can stretch forever it seems. There is no shell or anything it just danges out of holes in the rock.

 

[thomas712]

Do they look like this?

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> Vermetid snails

 

[armlocker]

not quite, about 1/3 the diameter and more smooth looking...