What the heck is this?

[I_Got_Crabs]

https://v.redd.it/74hpgbv61g521

Posted by someone else on a reddit forum. No one knows what it is....

 

[cracker]

That is bizarre !

 

[saintsreturn]

page not found?

 

[Frtdrmrose7]

That’s the stuff nightmares are made of!!

 

[Bob Loblaw]

...

 

[Neo Jeo]

man! I would want it out! haha.. Scary stuff

 

[Kaysneezye]

That's a first for me never seen anything like that.

 

[Lovemyreef2015]

Looks like a Echiura. Spoon worm.

 

[Lovemyreef2015]

The proboscis is all we usually see. It eats detritus and other food particles near its burrow.

 

[VSVP bet]

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bonellia_viridis

Posted on the reddit thread...

 

[Lovemyreef2015]

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bonellia_viridis

Posted on the reddit thread...

All that digging to find out what it was and the answer was right there lol;Hilarious

 

[VSVP bet]

All that digging to find out what it was and the answer was right there lol;Hilarious

I was googling for 5 mins to no luck, looked back at the thread and there it was. Im always down to learn something new.

 

[Jberg]

Well... I learned something.

 

[I_Got_Crabs]

Looks like a Echiura. Spoon worm.

dang... Not reef safe [emoji22]

 

[Lovemyreef2015]

dang... Not reef safe [emoji22]

It is a detritivore. It eats detritus and other food particles near its burrow. So I would say they are fine.

 

[Rcpilot]

It's also poisonous or toxic to other organisms. I'd trap and remove from DT. Toss it in the refugium?