Worm Larvae ID?

[Alexraptor]

Just had some kind of hatching event this evening. My 25G is teeming with these fast moving larvae in the water column, their roughly 1mm in length.

Some sort of polychaete, that much I can tell.

 

[KrisReef]

Very beautiful image you supplied!
Devil worm

 

[Alexraptor]

Well, Ive done some exhaustive research and best I can tell they were epitokes from some kind of syllid worms, which I do know i have in my systems.

Babies of the Benthos – Worm Edition

In this Critter edition, let’s dive into the “birds and the bees” of benthic worms, and the resulting faces that only a mother (or an invertebrate taxonomist) could love.

ecology.wa.gov

 

[EeyoreIsMySpiritAnimal]

I would guess bristleworm babies.

 

[kjkszpj9]

Looks like an old man from england in the 1800s