Tube worm INSIDE pavona coral?

[Formulator]

I just noticed this creepy tube worm-looking thing nestled in a crevice within a pavona I have. It has almost integrated itself into the coral with tissue seemingly growing over the worm shell.

I’ve never seen anything like it. It just looks like a piece of detritus lodged into the crack, but then it moves…so wait for it! Anybody know what this is?

 

[KrisReef]

Vermitid snail, lives in a tube that the coral grows over.

 

[sjfishguy]

Yup, I usually take tweezers and kill them because they can make this stringy stuff that irritates corals.

 

[vetteguy53081]

I just noticed this creepy tube worm-looking thing nestled in a crevice within a pavona I have. It has almost integrated itself into the coral with tissue seemingly growing over the worm shell.

I’ve never seen anything like it. It just looks like a piece of detritus lodged into the crack, but then it moves…so wait for it! Anybody know what this is?

Drop a dab of gel superglue over it or grab base with a needlenose pliers and discard