worm with stripes! Seriously

[debby]

any ideas? a damsel bit it and neither the damsel nor the worm seemed to be affected.

 

[Ricksreef]

Go to this site and see if you can match it.http://www.chucksaddiction.com/hitchworms.html

 

[debby]

didn't see anything that matched...or was even close!

 

[Autumnsky]

This was interesting reading...
Polychaete Annelid Identification, or “You Can Always Tell A Bristle Worm… by Ronald L. Shimek, Ph.D. - Reefkeeping.com

 

[debby]

It's a starfish!

 

[Voshon247]

Are you sure than looks like a bristle worm to me

 

[Kristy3693]

Could be a star fish. Never seen one like it though. Did you see his body or other legs?

 

[debby]

Well campers! I removed the entire piece of coral that it was on, pulled it free and voila, its a starfish. must be some type of brittle, has that center body and the 5 legs. Each leg is about 1 1/2" and the body perhaps 1/4" across. I put him back on his coral head and returned them to the display tank.

 

[Kristy3693]

Did you get a pic of him all the way out?

 

[debby]

I did not. I didn't want to keep him out of his home. I'm a bit that way....