Bristleworm or fireworm?

[FragOut]

I’m leaning towards a fireworm. Just wanted to make sure.

 

[WV Reefer]

I’m leaning towards a fireworm. Just wanted to make sure.

Bristleworm.

 

[mike werner]

bristle

 

[cristata.reef]

Bristleworm. Fireworms are very very rare (people make them seem like they are common hitchhikers for some reason). There are hundreds of species of "bristleworm" meaning any marine annelid with supramarginal spines, while there are a grand total of 9 species of fireworm

 

[FragOut]

Bristleworm. Fireworms are very very rare (people make them seem like they are common hitchhikers for some reason). There are hundreds of species of "bristleworm" meaning any marine annelid with supramarginal spines, while there are a grand total of 9 species of fireworm

Thank you for the clarification. From what I had read the red spots below the spines indicated it was a fireworm. It’s good to know that they’re not common.

 

[Ewelina]

Looks to me like a fireworm.

 

[cristata.reef]

Looks to me like a fireworm.

What makes you say that?

 

[KJ]

Can you put the worm back in a container filled with water for easier ID?

 

[Ewelina]

The color of it looks like a fireworm but I never saw one in real life.