Worm ID

[Morb]

Anyone know what beauty this is?
Had quite some work pulling this ****** out... it's around 17-20 inch long.
I lost 5 anthiases in a span of a few days.. not sure if this is the culprit or not..

 

[saltyfilmfolks]

WHOA!!!!!! The gang will be with you shortly!!!!!

 

[KJ]

Ribbon worm?

 

[Morb]

That's the closest thing i can id it too but haven't seen any similar pictures on the web.
Guess i won't be returning this thing into the tank.

Would it be possible that it snacked on anthiases?

 

[Lionfish Lair]

That's nasty! I agree it's a nemertea, but I can't get more specific than that. Most have nothing to do with fish, but there are some that do. It is possible it had something to do with the anthias, but that wouldn't be my first conclusion and would keep other hypothesis on the burner as well.

 

[Lionfish Lair]

Did I mention that was nasty? NASTY!