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charlesgage
03/03/2017, 07:41 PM
Got a new war coral frag today, and this evening while checking on it my wife saw this guy come out of the sand... He appeared to take a few bites out of something. Either some green macroalgae or the coral itself.

Smooth worm with black and white marking, its oral area looks almost fan like.

Could this be a peanut worm? Hopefully not the coral boring type. I have zoos near the area that have been healthy for weeks if that helps.

Video:

https://youtu.be/rpNRL_Ue3lE

https://youtu.be/rpNRL_Ue3lE

CrayolaViolence
03/04/2017, 06:09 AM
I can't see it clearly enough to ID it. But it moves kinda like a peanut worm.

CrayolaViolence
03/04/2017, 06:10 AM
Could you see the mouth parts well enough to describe them?

Sugar Magnolia
03/04/2017, 06:24 AM
Looks like a peanut worm to me.

charlesgage
03/04/2017, 06:20 PM
Could you see the mouth parts well enough to describe them?

Unfortunately no, my wife took the video and apparently wasn't aware of the tap to focus feature on the iPhone. Oh well, we will look again tonight...