Baby Bobbit?

[Goldfish92]

Found this guy crawling on my glass at night. I thought it was a bristle worm but he's much faster and has a face similar to a bobbit.

 

[BeltedCoyote]

If it’s not a baby bobbit, it’s related. I agree it looks like a bobbit more than the typical bristle or fire worm.

if it were me it’d be on the nope express. But bobbit worms and their ilk are my nightmare fuel

 

[Uzidaisies]

No, I know what that is but I can never remember the dang name.

 

[Uzidaisies]

Syllid worm! I think that’s what you got there. Might be wrong though.

 

[BeltedCoyote]

Syllid worm! I think that’s what you got there.

thank you kind stranger!

off to google for me!

(I love how much a person can learn from everyone on here)

 

[Goldfish92]

I've got it in a small jar while I figure out what it is. If it is a bobbit, there is probably someone locally that'd want it for some strange reason.

 

[vetteguy53081]

Looks like a Polychaete Eunice to me.
Does it look like this ? :

 

[Karen00]

I vote eunicid worm but I couldn't zoom in enough.

 

[BeltedCoyote]

I need to get some reference books or something. Your worm looks like both syllid worms and a Polychaete Eunice. Don’t know about the Poly but if it is a syllid I’d get rid of it. I’m still learning so don’t take my word for anything but constructive input.

The head of your worm throws me off for both of the above ID ideas. So yeah.

 

[Goldfish92]

Looks like a Polychaete Eunice to me.
Does it look like this ? :

He looks exactly like that in the face.

 

[vetteguy53081]

He looks exactly like that in the face.

Get rid of it- Same grouping as Bobbit. Eunice not kind

 

[BeltedCoyote]

Get rid of it- Same grouping as Bobbit. Eunice not kind

Hope you don’t mind me asking Vette. What does a Eunice do in a reef. Or rather, for new reefers like myself who didn’t know about them, what are their calling cards? Coral damage, fish loss, etc?

 

[vetteguy53081]

Hope you don’t mind me asking Vette. What does a Eunice do in a reef. Or rather, for new reefers like myself who didn’t know about them, what are their calling cards? Coral damage, fish loss, etc?

They get quite large (3-4 ft) and become predators as they mature.

 

[Uzidaisies]

I’m sticking with Syllidae.

 

[BeltedCoyote]

They get quite large (3-4 ft) and become predators as they mature.

Gotcha. So broadly the same telltales as a bobbit im guessing.

Definitely a nope.

thanks!

edit due to autocorrect. (Bobbit not hobbit)

 

[ReefingCanuk]

I've got a small bobbit in my live rock and I just watched it eat a small snail and snap at a zoa. Cannot remove the rock as it is full of coral. Anyone have luck trapping them? You can see the head on the left, just before it snapped at the zoa.....not the best pic, but this guy is shy and quickly darts away when it sees me. Nightmare!

 

[JPAP]

I would like to get a separate smaller tank to house these worms. My son is fascinated by bobbit worms and all things worm like. If anyone is lucky enough to catch one, I would be willing to take it.

 

[Baronen]

Looks like a Polychaete Eunice to me.
Does it look like this ? :

Sorry to revive an old thread but I just removed a worm that looks exactly like this. It looked injured cause the middle segment was all mangled (probably from my possum wrasse) and luckily was removed without any resistance. Common bristle worms do not have the distinct whisker/head segment correct?

 

[vetteguy53081]

Sorry to revive an old thread but I just removed a worm that looks exactly like this. It looks injured cause the middle segment was all mangled (probably from my possum wrasse) and luckily was removed without any resistance. Common bristle worms do not have the distinct whisker/head segment correct?

If not a bobbit, it’s definitely a eunice worm and one to discard

 

[Baronen]

If not a bobbit, it’s definitely a eunice worm and one to discard

Yeah I was surprised at how little resistance it gave but was removed and flushed