Please help identify this worm

[Bryan68]

I have been extra vigilant dipping coral, so I have no idea where this guy could have come from, other than live sand....started with dry dead rock and live sand.

 

[ScooterV]

If that is the head to the Right, with a white band behind the head, does it also have five tentacles on its face?

 

[Bryan68]

I couldnt see tentacles. But it did have a white band. It move very fast for its size. It is about 3/8 inch long.

 

[ScooterV]

Those who are actually pretty good at worm ID will come by, but they will likely need better pictures. Even in this one though it looks like there are at least "some" tentacles. Having just removed two myself, and still hunting for what my wife insists is another, I think it's some type of eunice worm. All of them aren't bad, but since some are I've been removing them when opportunity exists and ignoring them otherwise unless I can blame something on them.

Someone will have more specifics though, or rule that out

 

[Bryan68]

Ok, i will try to get a better picture. Thank you for the quick response.

 

[Bryan68]

Of course i can't find the worm again

 

[kirstyflash]

Try posting here and the experts will get right on it

https://www.reef2reef.com/forums/hitchhiker-critter-id.895/

 

[Dsnakes]

Ugh, I can’t think of the name at the moment. Starts with a D...I’m almost positive @KJ for some assistance

My tank has them on the rocks.

 

[Crabs McJones]

Ugh, I can’t think of the name at the moment. Starts with a D...I’m almost positive @KJ for some assistance

My tank has them on the rocks.

Dorvilladae

 

[Bryan68]

Like i had said in my previous post, this thing is about 3/8 inch long and moves surprisingly fast.

 

[Bryan68]

Sorry guys, thought i was posting in a better place. I will try to delete this one.

 

[Dsnakes]

Dorvilladae

Nailed it! Thanks Crabs! Couldn’t for the life of me remember it.

 

[Bryan68]

So are these Dorvilladae worns a bad thing? Only other thing i noticed was that i just brought in a torch coral that i did dip, it has holes drilled in the skeleton.

 

[Hitman]

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[Maritimer]

Dorvilliads stay pretty small and slender, IIRC, and make pretty decent cleaner-uppers.

The biggest of the eunicid worms probably grows longer than your tank, and is nicknamed the "Bobbitt" worm. _That_ is a fairly unpleasant creature.

~Bruce

 

[JasonK84]

Dorvilliads stay pretty small and slender, IIRC, and make pretty decent cleaner-uppers.

The biggest of the eunicid worms probably grows longer than your tank, and is nicknamed the "Bobbitt" worm. _That_ is a fairly unpleasant creature.

~Bruce

Yeah, looks very unpleasant!!! Yikes!!!

 

[KJ]

Polychaete Dorvilleidae ?
https://www.google.com/search?q=pol...ved=0ahUKEwiM0fGLu7_dAhUJneAKHWljCOkQ_AUIDigB

 

[Lovemyreef2015]

I would still like to see a picture in white light. When you see it again can you try to get another picture?

 

[Bryan68]

I will most definitely try to get a better picture. I tried most of the night last night, but THEY never showed themselves again. My wife saw a larger one earlier in the evening, but by the time i got my phone it was gone. So any idea how they could have got in the tank? i have dipped every coral ever purchased using CoralRX. And like I said earlier in the post, i started with dead dry rock and live sand.