What the heck is this? Help ID please

[CeaHorseMaShell]

ok guys, I'm gonna do my best to describe this because my stupid camera would not focus on it.

I found a worm today in my seahorse tank. It was smooth, not spikey and cream and black striped, kind of made a zig zag pattern down its back. It's mouth looked like a feather duster but the color of aiptasia. It was coming out of a rock and at least two inches long from what I could see. It kept retracting back into itself and then extending again. You could only see the mouth when it was fully extended, it was like tentacles.

Does anyone know what the heck this could be, and how can I go about catching it if it is harmful. When I took the out of focus picture it retracted all the way back into the rock.

Thanks guys,
Michele

 

[CeaHorseMaShell]

ok, after about 70 pages of pictures, I finally found it.

http://images.search.yahoo.com/imag...&sigr=11cugqlqd&sigi=11ouafsue&sigb=12nhhl6lg

Here is a picture from the website

 

[ade]

Bobbit Worm, I would get it out as soon as poss. They can grow very large. They are great scavengers and most are preditory and are known to eat fish or sessile inverts. As soon as you see were it's burrow is then I would get it out asap.

 

[Sk8r]

looks like a peanut worm to me, harmless...

 

[CeaHorseMaShell]

well, the link I posted where I found the picture says it's a peanut worm. It has no spines or segments. I looked up bobbit worms and that is definitely not it. The picture I posted is it exactly and the link describes it's behavior exactly. I'm gonna keep an eye on it, but it looks as though it will stay in the same place and just extend out to eat. Thanks for the feedback guys.

 

[Mixedreefer]

I agree. Looks like a peanut worm to me too. Harmless.