Tubeworm (?) hitchiker

MrPex

Member
Hiya,

I can't get pics of these guys because of where they are located on my LR, so I'll do my best. Any suggestions are appreciated so I can at least take the name and go look at pics to help answer my own question...

There are three of these guys that look like tubeworms growing at the top of my LR in bright light. They are small, about a quarter inch from base to a single point where the "tentacles" connect. They are olive green/brownish (closer to the green though) in color and are not translucent. The circle that the "tentacles" make is nearly perfectly round. The tentacles do not swirl around in the current.

If I gently stimulate the "tentacles", they do appear to retract into the tube instead of just closing, like an anemone would, that's why I'm leaning towards these being worms.

Anyway, thanks for any clues and suggestions you can provide...

Pex
 

Copepod

New Member
could be vermetid snails. though tentacles don't match the description.

anyway good luck. pictures would help.
 
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