Transparent Worm with weird mouth

[ehap.spam]

I noticed a transparent/translucent worm on my glass. It's not big, maybe half an inch. It also has odd looking mouth parts. Any ideas?

 

[Tired]

That is not a worm! At least, I'm about 95% sure that's actually a sea cucumber, based on those radiating mouthparts. Harmless scavenger-grazer type, if so.

 

[vetteguy53081]

I noticed a transparent/translucent worm on my glass. It's not big, maybe half an inch. It also has odd looking mouth parts. Any ideas?

Looks like baby medusa worm which eats debris and particulate matter

 

[ehap.spam]

That is not a worm! At least, I'm about 95% sure that's actually a sea cucumber, based on those radiating mouthparts. Harmless scavenger-grazer type, if so.

You're right! The mouth parts do look super similar. That's a really cool hitchhiker if it is

 

[ehap.spam]

Looks like baby medusa worm which eats debris and particulate matter

You're also right. And apparently Medusa worms are legless sea cucumbers. I've seen around that they could be good or bad. However I have a hermit in the tank so I expect that he'll find it eventually.

 

[Tired]

A well-fed hermit shouldn't be eating your worms and wormlikes.