Worm ID Please

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My son found this crawling around the live rock tonight. It was about 1" long when fully extended. I chopped him in half when I grabbed him with forceps (retrieved both halves).

The appendages on his head were stretching out like feelers. I'm hoping this isn't a bobbit.

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Not a spaghetti or Eunicid but is a phyllodocidae which are errant worms often brilliant green or yellow . Most of them live in crevices and under stones. They can be active predators of other small worms in the tank. The phyllodocids are common shallow-water polychaetes commonly associated with hard substrates and corals rather than mud and sand.
 

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It doesn't look as tentacly (I'm pretty sure that isn't actually a word) as most spaghetti worms I've seem but I don't know that I've seen one or a picture of one out of the water. So I agree with @Mibu question. Does it have a set of jaws that look like they'd be used to grab fish? I really don't think it's a bobbit.
 

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I'll hijack my own thread. This guy was making nightly appearances, then stopped. I think he's about 8" or so. I asked my wife and son if we should try to catch it, but they both like it.

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Population and growth will be determined with the amount of left over food available .
Control their length , and numbers by being mindful what’s being fed and if it’s being eaten or wasted .
 

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