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blueroof
01/04/2008, 06:50 PM
I am trying to identify an invert. I believe it is a type of tube worm. I does not have frills but does extend a hair like appendage ( several inches) and can retract it back into the tube.
The appendage looks "exactly" like a hair and I assume it is for catching prey in the water column. Has anyone seen something like this.

sasscuba
01/04/2008, 06:53 PM
Sounds like a hydroid jellyfish or a vermid snail.

blueroof
01/04/2008, 07:15 PM
Thanks for the lead

I googled vermetid snail. There are a couple of good articals on them. I am pretty sure that is what it is. They are harmless. The hair appendage is actually a string of mucus that they "fish" with.