Substandard worm photos... ID?

[pikachusalad]

OK...finally got a red flashlight...

Tried to take some pics - but the camera totally sucks and I just can't get it to focus with just the red LEDs...and I don't have enough hands...and the two I have are not very steady...

I know the photos are crap - but I can't get anything with lights on - but any help in identifying these things would be greatly appreciated...anyway - here's what I got:


This guy was on the glass...no idea what it is:

This...looks like a blur, but I think it's a peanut worm:

This one I'm not sure about - seems to act like the one I think is a peanut worm - comes out of and retracts into the rock:

Here's what I consider a regular bristle worm (left), and some other long clear worm (right):

Then...there's this one. I couldn't for the life of me get a picture of it. At one point there was 5-6 inches exposed (though in these pictures only 1-1.5 inches are showing). I think it's a big bristle worm of some sort, possibly fire worm. It is a segmented worm and has clusters of well defined bristles... It was picking up pieces of gravel...:

 

[LeslieH]

The first one is polychaete in the family Nereididae. You're right about the next couple - peanut worms (sipuncs) and a harmless amphinomid (your standard bristleworm). I can't see enough of the clear one or the big segmented one to really know. If you can get your hands on a flash unit that will help quite a bit.

 

[pikachusalad]

OK, so from what I can tell, all are safe enough, except potentially the clear one and the big-az bristly one...?

So...until I get a better picture of each of those...

But, in the mean time, what if that big guy is a dreaded fire worm... Is there any livestock that might be in danger (so I should avoid getting it)? Is it something I should attempt to remove - or just leave it since it only comes out at night...?

 

[pikachusalad]

Ugh...where are my manners...

Thanks for the reply Leslie!