Strange Worm

[ccole]

Does anyone know what kind of worm this is? It doesn’t look like the typical bristle worm. It’s round and has two rows of long hairs each side of its body.

It came out of coral during a dip. If it’s reef safe, I’ll return it to the tank.

Thanks!

 

[ISpeakForTheSeas]

Can you get pics of it against a plain, white background? That should help the “hairs” contrast a bit better.

 

[ccole]

Is this better?

 

[Gtinnel]

I admittedly don’t know much about them but it looks like it’s a syllid worm.

 

[tnm_ka]

It's a Syllid worm, they feed off small polyps or sps, good thing you caught it

 

[ccole]

Thanks everyone for the help! I’ve been struggling with STN for a few months now and chunks of my sps flesh would just go missing. I wonder if it’s the culprit.