Interesting worm

[minus9]

Found this guy wondering around and found it’s behavior very interesting. It doesn’t seem like a tube worm that lost its crown, as it doesn’t have a segmented body, but it’s behavior seems predatory to me. I’ll post a video shortly, but wanted to share with everyone.

 

[LeannaBanana]

No idea what it is, though

 

[minus9]

 

[monkeyCmonkeyDo]

Remove it. Better safe than sorry when it comes to alien IDs.
D

 

[minus9]

At the end of the video you can see how it shoots out, very similar to how a cone shell attacks it’s prey.

 

[minus9]

Remove it. Better safe than sorry when it comes to alien IDs.
D

I’m good, thanks! I’ve been doing this for nearly 40 years, so it’s always fun to discover new things, regardless of what they are. I just wanted to share with everyone. I’ll eventually find out what it is (hopefully), in the meantime, it’s safe in its own place.

 

[monkeyCmonkeyDo]

Its kool no doubt! Lol.
Hopefully u get an ID. I'm curious too.
D

 

[ABQ_CHRIS]

I am going to guess Flaming Ribbon Worm. Have you tried to feed it?

 

[ISpeakForTheSeas]

I am going to guess Flaming Ribbon Worm. Have you tried to feed it?

I'm not sure on the species, but I'd agree that it seems to be a ribbon worm (Nemertean) of some kind. You would be correct that it's predatory.

 

[shakacuz]

I'm not sure on the species, but I'd agree that it seems to be a ribbon worm (Nemertean) of some kind. You would be correct that it's predatory.

agreed. probably just an orange ribbon worm.

 

[minus9]

Thanks! Yeah, it's definitely in that family of ribbon worms. I'm busy catching up on home/reef projects, so I'll try to narrow down the species later today/tonight. It's predatory for sure, I had no doubt when I was observing its behavior.