Fire worm?

[Thade_hicks]

Is this a fire worm?

 

[lestat45559]

looks like a baby bristle worm

 

[WheatToast]

looks like a baby bristle worm

+1. Harmless detritivores, but are painful to touch.

See pic-
Left is fire and right is common bristle

 

[Thade_hicks]

looks like a baby bristle worm

Thought brisleworms had spines and fire worms had like duster looking things.

 

[WheatToast]

Thought brisleworms had spines and fire worms had like duster looking things.

Both feature chaeta (the spine-like bristles that flank their sides and break off in your skin), but usually the gills (red tuft things at the bases of the spines) are more visible on fireworms.

 

[Thade_hicks]

Both feature chaeta (the spine-like bristles that flank their sides and break off in your skin), but usually the gills (red tuft things at the bases of the spines) are more visible on fireworms.

Ohhhh ok, thanks!