Yellow Worm Identification?

JR Aquatics · 08-09-2006, 11:11 PM

I was wondering if anyone can identify this worm or can direct me to a place were I can get information on it.

JR Aquatics · 08-09-2006, 11:21 PM

It is a bright yellow bristleworm looking creature. It has lots of little legs and is about an inch and a half long.

**wwest** · 08-09-2006, 11:22 PM

wow that is going to be tuff one. Veriann and Fat walrus will love this one. i looked threw all books and webpages i use to identify stuff and i got nothin.. the only thing i found was a Yellow Cucumber but the picture above is really small and i dont think it is a cucumber.

JR Aquatics · 08-09-2006, 11:26 PM

Yea it's not a cucumber, This one has got me stumped. It resembles a bristleworm except it's yellow and it has more legs.

**CarmieJo** · 08-09-2006, 11:27 PM

It is kind of pretty...

**wwest** · 08-09-2006, 11:30 PM

just to make sure but it is moving? i havnt been in this hobby for that long but im always looking at stuff i want to buy and want to avvoid and i have never seen anything like that lol

JR Aquatics · 08-09-2006, 11:30 PM

It is neat looking and so yellow. I am not sure what I should do with it. I am wondering if I should place it in my refugium until I can ID it.

wildeone · 08-09-2006, 11:31 PM

Well, here is all I know about worms and I hope someone will chime in an educate me a bit more.

If it doesn't have a lage sucking mouth, it is not a leech.
If it isn't flat, it is not a flatworm.

Other than that, most are very beneficial. Do yousee tentacles on it? I know there is a yellow medusa or spaghetti worm...?

JR Aquatics · 08-09-2006, 11:32 PM

wwest, it is moving, infact it is a very active little guy.

JR Aquatics · 08-09-2006, 11:34 PM

It's not a medusa, It can somewhat swim with its many legs, it does have a mouth has lots of tiny bristles.

wildeone · 08-09-2006, 11:38 PM

May be a bristle worm of sorts. Either way he will likely no be harmfull in the fuge. I kind of like him. I will send you a cup and you can send him to me LOL!

**wwest** · 08-09-2006, 11:39 PM

this is what i have found

Primitive ribbon worm - Tubulanus polymorphus

JR Aquatics · 08-09-2006, 11:43 PM

WWest, that was the closest thing I could find too, except from my understanding is that ribbon worms don't have millipede like legs. But the ribbons are the only ones I am finding with bright colors.

**wwest** · 08-09-2006, 11:47 PM

hum, sorry i couldnt help more. i cant wait till we find out what it is

***Rob*** · 08-09-2006, 11:48 PM

i have no clue, but will se what kind of help we can get on it for ya

JR Aquatics · 08-09-2006, 11:52 PM

I think I am going to place it in my refugium and research what it eats, lifecycle,etc. Atleast untill I can Id it.

AdamJ · 08-10-2006, 12:02 AM

ok guys,

well i am mid move, so all my books are packed up (and why i have not been by lately)

the multiple "legs" tell me that it is a worm most likely.

did you recently get some new rock or something? (if so , maybe the region it was from may tell us where to concentrate our search for the spp)