Can someone ID the worm?

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Hola, fellow reefers, I fairly new to the hobby, got a new sps recently, dipped it into flatworm exit to put into the qt, got a bunch of flatworms and birstleforms that crawled from the sps, regular bristleworms are ok, threw the couple into the tank, but cannot ID this one
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so it I am keen to think that it is some kind of a bristle worm, it has a thin long body, 2 inches long, approximtely, with legs resembling a centipede and it has distinct mouth on its head. Is it a "good" or "bad" worm? The pic is the best I could get so far.
 

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It does look like a bristleworm to me. Harmless CuC, nasty looking just don’t touch it with your bare hands.
 

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Took it to a fellow reefer for confirmation, his opinion: Oenone predatory worm. Not questioning your expertise, the photo wasn't the great one for identification.
I was dealing with oenone fulgida worms a couple of months ago, and I'm quite certain the image you've shared is also a oenone fulgida worm (a predatory nocturnal worm). 👍

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I was dealing with oenone fulgida worms a couple of months ago, and I'm quite certain the image you've shared is also a oenone fulgida worm (a predatory nocturnal worm). 👍

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Thanks for the confirmation, yeah, that was it, it had distinctive eyes, so was tossed down the drain
 

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