brown bristle worm?

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  1. Tadpole1mill

    Tadpole1mill Purple Spiny Lobster

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    hey guys, unfortunately i dont have a picture because i can't get my normally awesome camera to focus on the little guy but i hve some sort of worm thing in a hole in my rock, its brow and white striped, i believe its a worm because at first i wanted to say it was a brittlestar fish tenticle because of the coloring and watnot but the tip had like a mouth and when i shine a light on it , it hides.

    very small, any ideas?
     
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  3. missionsix

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    My brittle stars hide when I spook them with light or movement. Are you sure you saw a mouth?
     
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    Tadpole1mill Purple Spiny Lobster

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    eww def. not a peanut worm, much slimmer, almost like a brittlestar arm, but i def. 100% saw a mouth
     
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    thanks goodness!! Peanut worms are disgusting!!
     
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    What did the mouth look like? Were there bristles along the body, or was it smooth?
     
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    Tadpole1mill Purple Spiny Lobster

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    i concur, if i had to touch one to remove it.....wouldnt be ableto lmao. those pictures were traumatizing lmao.
     
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    Bumpness :)
     
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    Tadpole1mill Purple Spiny Lobster

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    whoops didn't see that.

    smooth body, but segmented or maybe thats just the stripes its really tiny hard to tell, and i wanna say "teeth" or bristles around the mouth.


    i really wish i could post a picture but it wont at all focus because its soo tiny
     
  12. NeighborTomita

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    I'm thinking mission was right with his ID. Did the worm kind of "go into itself" when he closed up? It's a weird thing to describe, but if he kind of folded himself into himself sort of, it is probably a peanut worm. They are usually that color too.