Worm ID Please

fohadi16

Community Member
View Badges
Joined
Aug 1, 2022
Messages
55
Reaction score
33
Location
Florida
Rating - 0%
0   0   0
Hey guys, just found this guy coming out at night. So far the only thing I can think of is the Nemertea/ribbon worm, but I'm not sure because it has a lot of bristles it appears.
 
OP
OP
fohadi16

fohadi16

Community Member
View Badges
Joined
Aug 1, 2022
Messages
55
Reaction score
33
Location
Florida
Rating - 0%
0   0   0
I guess it didn't post my pics or my video. Guess it won't let me post the video so I'll just add the pics here
1000000788.jpg
1000000787.jpg
 
OP
OP
fohadi16

fohadi16

Community Member
View Badges
Joined
Aug 1, 2022
Messages
55
Reaction score
33
Location
Florida
Rating - 0%
0   0   0
Have you seen the entire worm? Looks like bristle starfish feet poking out of that rock.
I have tons of bristle stars but this is definitely a worm. I have a video where you can see it but it wouldn't upload here.
Update: I got it working. Let me know if the vid helps, I was looking at him with a red flashlight, but for the picture I turned my flash on and he dipped, haven't seen him since

That whole thing is one worm, you can see the "tongue" structure at the end of the right side
 

Tired

2500 Club Member
View Badges
Joined
Aug 29, 2020
Messages
4,028
Reaction score
4,115
Location
Central Texas
Rating - 100%
1   0   0
Oh, I think that's a brittle star that's in the process of regenerating an arm. That's why the end is weird and small.
 
OP
OP
fohadi16

fohadi16

Community Member
View Badges
Joined
Aug 1, 2022
Messages
55
Reaction score
33
Location
Florida
Rating - 0%
0   0   0
Oh, I think that's a brittle star that's in the process of regenerating an arm. That's why the end is weird and small.
That would be awesome! Currently all of my other stars are very small, this guy was big, I'd say the arm that's regenerating was about 4 inches long whereas all my other guys aren't even half an inch lol
 

Algae invading algae: Have you had unwanted algae in your good macroalgae?

  • I regularly have unwanted algae in my macroalgae.

    Votes: 39 34.2%
  • I occasionally have unwanted algae in my macroalgae.

    Votes: 23 20.2%
  • I rarely have unwanted algae in my macroalgae.

    Votes: 9 7.9%
  • I never have unwanted algae in my macroalgae.

    Votes: 8 7.0%
  • I don’t have macroalgae.

    Votes: 31 27.2%
  • Other.

    Votes: 4 3.5%
Back
Top