Strange worm with sweeping mop-like tentacles

[Pszemol]

Check this out:

http://www.polbox.com/p/pszemol/misc/robal21.avi (10x)
http://www.polbox.com/p/pszemol/misc/robal22.avi (10x)
http://www.polbox.com/p/pszemol/misc/robal24.avi (60x)
http://www.polbox.com/p/pszemol/misc/robal25.avi (60x)
http://www.polbox.com/p/pszemol/misc/robal26.avi (60x)
http://www.polbox.com/p/pszemol/misc/robal27.avi (60x)
http://www.polbox.com/p/pszemol/misc/robal28.avi (60x)
http://www.polbox.com/p/pszemol/misc/robal29.avi (60x)
http://www.polbox.com/p/pszemol/misc/robal2A.avi (60x)

Any idea what can it be? On the movie #26 and #27
you can clearly see beating hart and blood pumping
to some kind of veins, maybe external gills or something?

I have found it in a cup of live sand from Florida Keys.

[Marc Levenson]

I've seen these before on RC. For some reason I thought they were much bigger.
Darn those MACRO shots. LoL.

My memory is telling me spaghetti worm.... hmmm Yes, look up terebellid. I
have a great shot of one, but don't have permission to post it elsewhere.

They bury themselves in the sand and the tentacles are the filter and detritus
feeders.

Marc


Pszemol wrote:

> Check this out:
>
> http://www.polbox.com/p/pszemol/misc/robal21.avi (10x)
> http://www.polbox.com/p/pszemol/misc/robal22.avi (10x)
> http://www.polbox.com/p/pszemol/misc/robal24.avi (60x)
> http://www.polbox.com/p/pszemol/misc/robal25.avi (60x)
> http://www.polbox.com/p/pszemol/misc/robal26.avi (60x)
> http://www.polbox.com/p/pszemol/misc/robal27.avi (60x)
> http://www.polbox.com/p/pszemol/misc/robal28.avi (60x)
> http://www.polbox.com/p/pszemol/misc/robal29.avi (60x)
> http://www.polbox.com/p/pszemol/misc/robal2A.avi (60x)
>
> Any idea what can it be? On the movie #26 and #27
> you can clearly see beating hart and blood pumping
> to some kind of veins, maybe external gills or something?
>
> I have found it in a cup of live sand from Florida Keys.

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[Ct Midnite]

That is so cool. Probably end up eating everything in your tank and
you. :)

Ct Midnite

PS. Nice camera.

On Sun, 4 Jan 2004 14:18:24 -0600, "Pszemol" >
wrote:

>Check this out:
>
>http://www.polbox.com/p/pszemol/misc/robal21.avi (10x)
>http://www.polbox.com/p/pszemol/misc/robal22.avi (10x)
>http://www.polbox.com/p/pszemol/misc/robal24.avi (60x)
>http://www.polbox.com/p/pszemol/misc/robal25.avi (60x)
>http://www.polbox.com/p/pszemol/misc/robal26.avi (60x)
>http://www.polbox.com/p/pszemol/misc/robal27.avi (60x)
>http://www.polbox.com/p/pszemol/misc/robal28.avi (60x)
>http://www.polbox.com/p/pszemol/misc/robal29.avi (60x)
>http://www.polbox.com/p/pszemol/misc/robal2A.avi (60x)
>
>Any idea what can it be? On the movie #26 and #27
>you can clearly see beating hart and blood pumping
>to some kind of veins, maybe external gills or something?
>
>I have found it in a cup of live sand from Florida Keys.


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[Pszemol]

"Ct Midnite" <mreef2.10.muffin@spamgourmet.(nospam)com> wrote in message ...
> That is so cool. Probably end up eating everything in your tank and
> you. :)

I hope it will not :-)

> PS. Nice camera.

It is childish toy called Intel QX3 Microscope.
I wish I could afford something better, but...

[Pszemol]

"Marc Levenson" > wrote in message ...
> I've seen these before on RC. For some reason I thought they were much bigger.
> Darn those MACRO shots. LoL.

In my case I listed magnification ratio but pictures are not to scale.

> My memory is telling me spaghetti worm.... hmmm Yes, look up terebellid.
> I have a great shot of one, but don't have permission to post it elsewhere.

Yap, you are right - they look the same. Mine are tiny, maybe they will grow.
I got these two out to make them photos but I put them back to the tank...
I hope they will multiply because they are beneficial.

> They bury themselves in the sand and the tentacles are the filter and detritus
> feeders.

yes, very cool animals.

[wolfhedd]

gosh, i dont think i want to see those pics, it might give me nightmares.
those are the one thng that kind of gives me the iggly wiggly's lol. i have
quite a few of those and see them with flashlight frequently during liteoff
hours.
wolfhedd

"Pszemol" > wrote in message
...
> "Ct Midnite" <mreef2.10.muffin@spamgourmet.(nospam)com> wrote in message
...
> > That is so cool. Probably end up eating everything in your tank and
> > you. :)
>
> I hope it will not :-)
>
> > PS. Nice camera.
>
> It is childish toy called Intel QX3 Microscope.
> I wish I could afford something better, but...