Some sort of worm needs identification

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This worm has no bristles, and looks smooth with peices of armor on him, he is wrapped around my Goni colony, I think I saw him when I got the colony but just passed it off as part of the Goni skeleton

Ps light just turned on in pic Goni just opening
20260309_135930_2DA2E9AE-1F2B-438C-B1A9-A37F375C5333.png
 
This worm has no bristles, and looks smooth with peices of armor on him, he is wrapped around my Goni colony, I think I saw him when I got the colony but just passed it off as part of the Goni skeleton

Ps light just turned on in pic Goni just opening
20260309_135930_2DA2E9AE-1F2B-438C-B1A9-A37F375C5333.png
pick of the head would be useful. @ISpeakForTheSeas
 
Looks like it could be a large vermetid snail but some better pics would help.
 
pick of the head would be useful. @ISpeakForTheSeas
I was also looking up dorvilleidae and capitellid. But I think you got it. This old post tracks too
I've seen these (and "Accordion Worms") pop up a couple of times, and I've seen (I think I've even given it a couple times) the Syllis/Syllid ID before, but I haven't found any Syllid species that look like this (most have elongated chaetae/bristles that I've seen).

OP, I would (tentatively, at this point) compare to Iphitime species at this point, as that's the closest genus I know offhand at the moment.
 

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