Can someone help identify this worm under the microscope?

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Hi everyone,
I recently found a very small worm in my reef tank and took some microscope pictures of its head. There are many thin tentacle-like appendages on it, much more than 5, which makes me think it’s not a Eunice worm, although at first I was afraid of that.

It is a 2 cm long worm, I’m assuming it might be a spionid polychaete or something along those lines, but I could sure use some expert confirmation or denial.

Thank you for your help!

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Do you have a picture of the entire worm?
I don't have a complete picture of the body. But from what I saw under the microscope, it was very similar to a fireworm.
 
Can you take a pic of the worm in white light ?
 

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