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worm id?
- Thread starter quollster
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quollster said:can anyone help ID this worm-like thing? its about 1 inch long.
It almost looks like a Sabellidae worm without the tube found here. http://www.chucksaddiction.com/hitchworms.html
I don't know how accurate his info is but the pic of it looks very close. (scroll down about 3/4 the way down)
i thought i'd check this and after reading some articles, foundthe
name Kirk FitzHugh who seems to have authored or coauthored
half teh interesting articles on polychaetes in the last 20 years.
(he is currently curator of polchaetes at the natural history museum
of LA county.)
after a few emails, we now believe these are synaptid sea cucumbers.
they need to mature to be sure (actually, i think if i do a dissection
and look at the ossicles, a holothuroid expert could tell).
thanks for the help/suggestions.
name Kirk FitzHugh who seems to have authored or coauthored
half teh interesting articles on polychaetes in the last 20 years.
(he is currently curator of polchaetes at the natural history museum
of LA county.)
after a few emails, we now believe these are synaptid sea cucumbers.
they need to mature to be sure (actually, i think if i do a dissection
and look at the ossicles, a holothuroid expert could tell).
thanks for the help/suggestions.
Does it move or is it stationary? If its stationary its probably a form of feather duster. I have dozens in my refugium. They don't seem to bother anything. If it is moving around, then I am not sure.