Help!! long transparent/white worm???

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I found a thin long worm wrapped around my Xenia coral (coral is large and fluffed out so im guessing no harm is being done). I saw it there before, but thought it may have been a healing spot or something. I saw it again this evening and I touched it with a feeding stick. shot away quick as lighting into the polyps of the Xenia. It came out a few seconds later, but when I tried to suck it up it dashed into the rock. I dont have a pic, but it was about 2-3 inches long, the head was slightly whiter than the body, and it was about half the thickness of a spaghetti noodle. if this something I need to work about or is it ok? can anyone ID it based off of my description?? please help if you can.
 
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update: It came back and I got a pic. I also saw it better. has small cars on it and longer hairs at its head/end. pic isn't that great. sorry. its wrapped around the stalk of the Xenia
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polyclad euphylia eating flatworms
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aceol flatworms
Look like either of these.

There are xenia eating nudis but the look like xenia on the top. Which i dont see, or reading your description.
 
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hey guys. ok, I saw it better today and tried to suck it off. could not get it. it can hold on really well. im beginning to think its just a baby bristle worm. I saw a big one in a hole really close to it. could this be possible? never seen a white/transparent bristle worm.
 

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