any id on this

[maxwell]

Hi, i have just taken this off a new

indo milli import the coral was stripping on one end and i managed to break it off down to rock level and this worm was at the bottom its not a standard bristle as it swims along like an eel movements . thanks bill

 

[RichtheReefer21]

My guess is its from the Polychaeta family.

World Polychaeta Database

www.marinespecies.org

 

[maxwell]

My guess is its from the Polychaeta family.

World Polychaeta Database

www.marinespecies.org

Thanks for the reply i think so too and there are thousands of them with it being free like swimming i dont know if it ws responsible for that part of the milli stripping .thanks again

 

[RichtheReefer21]

Thanks for the reply i think so too and there are thousands of them with it being free like swimming i dont know if it ws responsible for that part of the milli stripping .thanks again

Cant vouch for the swimming behavior you described as an eel. But a worm is my best guess.

 

[WV Reefer]

Hi, i have just taken this off a new

indo milli import the coral was stripping on one end and i managed to break it off down to rock level and this worm was at the bottom its not a standard bristle as it swims along like an eel movements . thanks bill

Most likely dorvilleidae.......harmless.

 

[KJ]

Epitoke.