Anybody ID this?

[Reefnjunkie]

I saw this picking/pecking at an SPS frag in my tank, any IDs???
Thanks in advance

 

[TJ's Reef]

Possibly Eunice pennata, I found the image below on a very cool website of 'World Register of Marine Species'

http://www.marinespecies.org/photogallery.php?album=673&pic=64103


Cheers, Todd

 

[mike007]

Bristle worm get it out.

 

[Eienna]

Bristleworms for the most part are harmless scavengers.

Note that there are definitely exceptions.

 

[TJ's Reef]

Bristleworms for the most part are harmless scavengers.

Note that there are definitely exceptions.

Agreed, and most are just a part of a healthy Reef's bio-diversity. I have several hundred within my system and would only remove one if LARGE or caught in the act of doing something I wish it had not....

Cheers, Todd

 

[tektite]

The head makes me lean toward it being a young eunicid worm, not a regular bristle worm. Definitely not a welcome inhabitant.

 

[Reefnjunkie]

The head makes me lean toward it being a young eunicid worm, not a regular bristle worm. Definitely not a welcome inhabitant.

Someone else mentioned Eunicid, I was thinking maybe phyllodocidae???

Definitely had those beadle little eyes LOL

http://www.chucksaddiction.com/hitchworms.html

It was removed but I'm still curious, it was my frag/QT tank so all is good-besides all frags are getting a bayer dip tomorrow so any other stragglers won't survive

 

[mrbncal]

Not a good bristle worm. I would get rid of it.

 

[iretthepirate]

Doesn't look like bristle worm at least not any one the ones I have seen hope u tossed it

 

[NanaReefer]

It is NOT a Bristle Worm! Geezzzz-lol.

 

[Eienna]

It is NOT a Bristle Worm! Geezzzz-lol.

So...what is it, then?

 

[NanaReefer]

Eunicid Worm. A young one.