Flatworm ID needed (pic enclosed)

[JotaDe]

Just saw this guy squirming around tonight in my tank, gave my wife the willies.
This is the first time I've seen a worm, other than a bristleworm, in my tank.
Does anyone know what kind of flatworm it is?
And does anyone know if I need to be worried about it?

You can click on the picture in this link to get a large view of it;
http://homepage.mac.com/jacob_yohner/PhotoAlbum6.html

 

[JotaDe]

Bump.

I've searchd the net for a while and still haven't found this exact kind of flatworm.

 

[mbbuna]

did you look here

http://www.seaslugforum.net/specieslist.cfm

 

[JotaDe]

I'd like to but unfortunately that page doesn't load for me in Safari or Firefox.
However, I didn't try looking under seaslug before, just flatworm - maybe that'll help me find it?

 

[BenH98]

Check out www.wetwebmedia.com and search for flatworms... they have a lot of info and pics

 

[mbbuna]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=6959401#post6959401 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by JotaDe
I'd like to but unfortunately that page doesn't load for me in Safari or Firefox.
However, I didn't try looking under seaslug before, just flatworm - maybe that'll help me find it?

the site is down try it again later

 

[JotaDe]

Thanks for the replies everyone. I did look through the WWW and still couldn't find it, also looked through http://www.rzuser.uni-heidelberg.de/~bu6/ which looks like a really nice flatworm picture site. No luck so far, but I'm kinda happy that no one hear has immediately recognized it as a threat. Have an email into Bob Fenner and hopefully he'll be able to help and I'll certainly post results here with what I find. I'll attach a smaller picture for those who can't click on the link in my original post for the more detailed pic.

 

[sttroyiii]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=6959401#post6959401 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by JotaDe
I'd like to but unfortunately that page doesn't load for me in Safari or Firefox.
However, I didn't try looking under seaslug before, just flatworm - maybe that'll help me find it?

There is a new extension you can get that will let you open a web page with IE in a new tab. Its a feature I just started using for things like melev's website.

 

[JotaDe]

I found this flatworm from the mediterranean sea that seems closest in physical similarities, but there are some differences like the white outline that doesn't match;
http://www.rzuser.uni-heidelberg.de/~bu6/flat0283.html
For all the flatworms I've seen while researching this, I certainly seem to have one of the blandest ones.

IRT sttroyiii:
I haven't used IE in years since MS stopped updating it in 2003, and Safari has worked perfectly for melev's page for me so far. Just to be sure I tried that link with IE and it still doesn't load