ID worm!

[NoDoze]

I was vacuuming the DSB today...this came up!

Looks like a bristle worm, but doesn't have the bristles. Has a very distinct head, with a white collar neck line, with 4 whiskers coming out the mouth sides. In my 8 years of reef keeping, never seen anything like it! Let me know if it's good or not in the reef. I disposed of this one... Thanks!

http://www.oneilreef.com/images/DSCF0890.JPG
http://www.oneilreef.com/images/DSCF0892.JPG
http://www.oneilreef.com/images/DSCF0897.JPG

[ZPavDesign]

Euncid worm or (Eunice aphroditois) possibly? It dont really have jaws on it but it looks similar.

http://www.wallawalla.edu/academics/departments/biology/rosario/inverts/Annelida/Eunicidae/Eunice_valens.html

Be glad you got him out when you did! lol

[NoDoze]

Wow! That kinda looks like it! I suspect mine was a juvenile so it's not identical to the pics you provided. Mine did have a mouth that looked like a hinged jaw of sorts... Especially when I added the fresh tap water.

Thanks!

[dzhuo]

I believe it's actually a Unicid worm in the Polychaete family.

[ZPavDesign]

Np :thumbsup:

[Lynnmw1208]

looks similar to the one I caught eating my zoanthids except yours is longer. mine had longer bristles though.