Jelly?, Octopus?, Other?? Please ID

[wetjet43]

I though this was hair algae at first, but when it grabbed a speck of shrimp meat, I knew something was up. It's too small to really see without the 150mm macro lens, but here is what I could get. You can see the speck of shrimp meat that it latched onto.

http://i271.photobucket.com/albums/jj151/wetjet43/lotsoftentacles1.jpg

http://i271.photobucket.com/albums/jj151/wetjet43/lotsoftentacles2.jpg

[wetjet43]

Maybe it's an anemone of some type?? One thing is for sure, that speck of food is WAY too big for it.

[Grunt]

Can you take a picture without the shrimp meat. It's hard to tell. I would suspect a worm of some sort though.

[wetjet43]

The tentacles are all separate, and they join inside of a tiny hole in the live rock. If it's a worm, there are several of them. When I place a piece of food by one of the tentacles, all of the tentacles seem to know it's there.

[greenbean36191]

It's a cirratulid or hair worm. They're harmless detritivores. All of the tentacles are from one worm.

[wetjet43]

Here's more pictures closer up and without food.

http://i271.photobucket.com/albums/jj151/wetjet43/strangeanemone1.jpg

http://i271.photobucket.com/albums/jj151/wetjet43/strangeanemone2.jpg

http://i271.photobucket.com/albums/jj151/wetjet43/strangeanemone3.jpg

[Animal Mother]

AKA Spaghetti worm.

[lzqkeith]

mutation sea star

[romunov]

Animal mother: spaghetti worm are a different family. This is a cirratulid aka hair worm (see Mike's post above).

[crvz]

Looks like a worm of some sort to me, too. Looks like greenbean got it.