Spiderweb / Hair worm thing ID please.

[Jphoadley]

Worm things that live in holes in the rocks. There is quite a few. They leave something hairlike, and sometimes it covers rock or coral like a spider web.

what do I have here?

 

[Brad Waddell Wrath's Reef]

Worm things that live in holes in the rocks. There is quite a few. They leave something hairlike, and sometimes it covers rock or coral like a spider web.

what do I have here?

Those are Vermited Snails, they look like a worm but they are not. They are a pest and can irritate coral. It is said that Bumble Bee snails will eat them. That being said they are not end of the world.

 

[JGT]

They let out a mucous net for trapping food. Can irritate corals if it drags it over them. Better to remove with needle nose pliers or crazy glue the opening.

 

[Jphoadley]

Those are Vermited Snails, they look like a worm but they are not. They are a pest and can irritate coral. It is said that Bumble Bee snails will eat them. That being said they are not end of the world.

Another pic

They let out a mucous net for trapping food. Can irritate corals if it drags it over them. Better to remove with needle nose pliers or crazy glue the opening.

thank you so much for the replies. I have a bunch. Sounds like a I’ll be super glueing for a while. I can’t usually see the pest itself, just it’s ugly hair / web

 

[JGT]

I think you’ll find the pliers more gratifying.