Any potential reason my indo is dying/dead

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Can someone weigh in thoughts of what happened to my indophyllia. This guy was once dinner plate size Before and after below. I did go to look and he has sand down in his mouth what left of the mouth there was. and I flipped him over and he has a hole through the bottom of his shell.

I found what I think is a bristle worm see pic below attached to the underside of him. I dont think the worm caused it he was just feeding on it due to it decaying.

Should I attempt an iodine dip even if the mouth is completely gone?

ph 8.2
alk 8.4
cal 415
mg 1410
Nitrates 32
Phos .8 (normal for my tank)

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Iodine dip cant hurt. Im sure you're right on your assumption about the bristleworm not being the cause. Potentially a boring worm or moluscs that caused the hole. Is the hole completely through to the top? Have you been actively feeding the coral?
 
Iodine dip cant hurt. Im sure you're right on your assumption about the bristleworm not being the cause. Potentially a boring worm or moluscs that caused the hole. Is the hole completely through to the top? Have you been actively feeding the coral?
So the mouth looks receded/gone and underneath on the stony section of the coral there is a hole. It doesnt appear to go through unless it goes from there to the mouth opening
 
So I Dipped the indo today. Any have input what that on the bottom might be I have not seen it before.

His flesh is going away alot. I hate to lose him :/
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