Worm

[JollyGreen]

I saw this worm today, I have a nice tuft of hair algae swirling about and I noticed it weaving its way through it. It finally moved onto Live Rock and ran to a hiding spot. It moved pretty fast but I managed to snap a picture of it. This was all during the day with the lights on. It's about an inch or two long.

Any thoughts?

<img src="https://jshare.johnshopkins.edu/jflemin9/public_html/saltwater_tank/worm.jpg">

JG

 

[fishesRdelicious]

hard to tell from the pic, it could be a bristle worm
describe what it looks like

 

[spoon25]

does it have small spikes down the top of it? that looks like a bobbit worm or eunicid worm..if it is, they say they can get up to 50ft and 20ft is the longest caught....does it have 5 white tentacles on the forehead? 1 center and 2 pair on the sides of the forehead?

 

[JollyGreen]

I don't remember seeing any tentacles. I'm not really sure how to describe it better, I don't think it had any spines on it anywhere, it seemed pretty smooth looking, basically it acted and looked like a baby snake and it was fast. It had segments all around kind of like on a snakes belly, you can kind of see that in the picture. I think the segments are how it moves so fast.

Sorry I can't be of more help on this, I'll let you guys know if I see it again

Thanks for the help!
JG

 

[spoon25]

that helps...ok when it moves does he retract sgments lik does it shrink like its going indie his segments...there are segmented worms...but i dont havea pic that looks like that one, and i think segmented hate lighting.....when you see it better try and get a real close pic