Worm ID Please

[>>klong<<]

My son found this crawling around the live rock tonight. It was about 1" long when fully extended. I chopped him in half when I grabbed him with forceps (retrieved both halves).

The appendages on his head were stretching out like feelers. I'm hoping this isn't a bobbit.

 

[Gtinnel]

Harmless spaghetti worm I believe

 

[Zoa_Fanatic]

Harmless spaghetti worm I believe

Second. 100% not a bobbit

 

[>>klong<<]

Thanks! I know I have spaghetti worms in the rock, but if this is one, it's the first time I've seen the body of one.

 

[Goaway]

Does it have a nasty set of jaws?

 

[Goaway]

Does not look like a spaghetti worm to me.

 

[vetteguy53081]

Not a spaghetti or Eunicid but is a phyllodocidae which are errant worms often brilliant green or yellow . Most of them live in crevices and under stones. They can be active predators of other small worms in the tank. The phyllodocids are common shallow-water polychaetes commonly associated with hard substrates and corals rather than mud and sand.

 

[Goaway]

Most likely a doroville worm as i see 4 antenna. 5 with jaws = eunicid worm.

 

[Gtinnel]

It doesn't look as tentacly (I'm pretty sure that isn't actually a word) as most spaghetti worms I've seem but I don't know that I've seen one or a picture of one out of the water. So I agree with @Mibu question. Does it have a set of jaws that look like they'd be used to grab fish? I really don't think it's a bobbit.

 

[>>klong<<]

This rock is from KP, in Tampa, I think. If that helps.

Thanks for the feedback, everyone.

 

[>>klong<<]

I didn't see any jaws, but it was a small specimen.

 

[Rmckoy]

Most likely a doroville worm as i see 4 antenna. 5 with jaws = eunicid worm.

I just spent the last 15 mins googling and trying to remember the name. .
Knew it started with a D I was spelling dorivale

 

[Goaway]

I didn't see any jaws, but it was a small specimen.

You'd see jaws on a eunice. And you would be scared. It looks like the predator without his mask.

 

[Goaway]

I just spent the last 15 mins googling and trying to remember the name. .
Knew it started with a D I was spelling dorivale

These names are so difficult to remember how to spell. ;Bucktooth

 

[Gtinnel]

Are you guys talking about a dorvillidae worm?

 

[Goaway]

Are you guys talking about a dorvillidae worm?

Took me many looks. Yes. I can't rember sometimes and go with what "sounds" like

 

[Rmckoy]

Are you guys talking about a dorvillidae worm?

I’ve even googled segmented reef worms and couldn’t remember the name

 

[>>klong<<]

I'll hijack my own thread. This guy was making nightly appearances, then stopped. I think he's about 8" or so. I asked my wife and son if we should try to catch it, but they both like it.

 

[Zoa_Fanatic]

I'll hijack my own thread. This guy was making nightly appearances, then stopped. I think he's about 8" or so. I asked my wife and son if we should try to catch it, but they both like it.

Nope, nope, nope.

 

[Rmckoy]

I'll hijack my own thread. This guy was making nightly appearances, then stopped. I think he's about 8" or so. I asked my wife and son if we should try to catch it, but they both like it.

Its
Population and growth will be determined with the amount of left over food available .
Control their length , and numbers by being mindful what’s being fed and if it’s being eaten or wasted .