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Cool, you got coral!
Wow! I'd never seen one of those before today!
That is an interesting worm! Never seen it before!
Cool! Definitely beneficial!...chitons
Interesting (to me) because I have no idea where they came from.
Hadn't added a coral in over 6 months when I first spotted a tiny one on front glass.
Now, I have a bunch frequently visible and getting obviously larger.
*maybe they've been in my rock for two years without me ever seeing one but seems weird
I've posted same before in other threads but couldn't resist as I'm still puzzled.
I'm super curious about these guys now. I'd love to see a thread specifically discussing them. I'll be doing some more research now!Yes, it is a very interesting worm! And looks to be a beneficial detritivore, although the population can explode in the right mud/sand habitats. Not sure why it isn't more common since the worm is widely distributed between Texas and the NW Atlantic. Clymenella torquata, which is what I think I have, is actually called the bamboo worm since it looks like bamboo.
Winning! This is too funnyThe most interesting hitchhiker critter I've discovered in my reef tank is this worm of the Clymenella genus, which I casually named the Spike-Funnel-Anus Worm. Yes, that spiky funnel shaped end of the worm is its anus. In fact, the Clymenella worms can take in detritus for consumption through both their head and their anus, although the anus still serves the typical role of an anus for excreting waste. I briefly toyed with the idea of calling it the "Serrated-Funnel-Anus" Worm, but that name suggests that the worm uses its anus for cutting, which is not the role of the anus for this worm (or any other anus in the animal kingdom that I'm aware of).