worms, worms and more worms! (pix please)

[lamonte]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=14141533#post14141533 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by LobsterOfJustice

They sell these at the local bait shops in northern Cali, they are sold as pile worms.

 

[Rainmann]

How in the world did you catch that bucket full of the bristleworms?

 

[Dante_JoseCuerv]

Re: My best worm

Re: My best worm

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=14189207#post14189207 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by iamwhatiam52
cateyes,
Cool ribbonworm!
Where can I get one?
Do you ever see it out crawling around?

Mine is probably Basiodiscus mexicanus.
Besides when I moved it's tank, I've only seen it out 3 times in over two years. One time it was completely stretched out around all four sides of a 24 inch tank with part of it's tail still hidden. It is between 4 and 5 feet long.

:eek1: :eek1: :eek1:

HOLY CRAP THAT THING LOOKS COOL! At first glance I thought it was a zebra eel.

 

[gregod]

i have a few of these, are they safe?

 

[noahm]

yes

 

[Dante_JoseCuerv]

Definitely ok to have

 

[Falker35]

i have alot of bristle worms, i think my clown got stabbed and now has bistles stuck all over his face!!! anyone ever heard of this?? or any ideas of what it could be if its not bristles?? thanks

 

[Jeck]

i have alot of bristle worms, i think my clown got stabbed and now has bistles stuck all over his face!!! anyone ever heard of this?? or any ideas of what it could be if its not bristles?? thanks

My Royal Gramma constantly has bristles on his face, will he ever learn? It reminds me of a dog that messed with a porcupine.

 

[nivram]

I was so excited I caught this guy. Ended up pulling half of my rocks. He put a huge dent in my snail, crab and corals. Wish I had room to have setup a tank just for him.

 

[LeslieH]

Any type of marine worms... hold your lunch and post your pictures.

Oh, that's so cold.... why don't you just stab me in the heart? :sad1: But at least you got people to post worm pics so you're forgiven! :celeb3:

To recap, we've got 4 types of polychaetes (bristles), 2 nemerteans (ribbons), and 1 sipuncula (peanut):

Family Amphinomidae, Eurythoe complanata, AKA fireworm (detritivore & scavenger)
Family Oenonidae, Oenone fulgida, AKA mollusc muncher (fishdoc)
Family Eunicidae, Eunice sp, AKA coral munchers (but many of them are harmless detritivores, scavengers, & herbivores)
Family Cirratulidae, AKA hairworms (detritivores)

Nemertea -
Notospermus tricuspidatus
Baseodiscus mexicanus (both are predators on smaller organisms like other worms, crustaceans, nudis but will also eat detritus)

Lamonte - Lobster of Justice had a Eurythoe. These aren't sold for bait that I know of. Pile worms sold in bait shops are Neanthes virens, imported from the east coast or England.

Sipuncula - peanut worm (detritivore)

Thanks for posting everyone! :beer: