ID this critter? Good or bad or benign?

[Singspot]

Checkout the picture and video. This lives under the sand and fine tentacles outside of sandbed.

What is it?

Is it good or bad or benign?

 

[Rmckoy]

Is it’ a worm or does it have a body ?

 

[EricR]

I'd search for "hair worm" and see what you find -- I think they're generally considered good but don't quote me on that.

 

[Cell]

Spaghetti worm

 

[ISpeakForTheSeas]

Probably a hair worm - harmless/beneficial.

Looks like either a hair worm (Cirratulidae) or a spaghetti worm (Terebellide) to me - if the tentacles all come out from a single point, it’s a spaghetti worm; if they come out from basically all over the body it’s a hair worm.

 

[Rmckoy]

Spaghetti worm

I was thinking spaghetti worm but the pin strips resemble limbs from a serpent star

 

[Cell]

Way too thin/stringy for a serpent star or micro brittle.

 

[EeyoreIsMySpiritAnimal]

Hair worm. Cirratulid

 

[EeyoreIsMySpiritAnimal]

Checkout the picture and video. This lives under the sand and fine tentacles outside of sandbed.

What is it?

Is it good or bad or benign? View attachment 3125612

These are definitely hair worms (Cirratulids).

Some incorrectly call them spaghetti worms but those are different creatures (Terebellids).

 

[Singspot]

So theyvare good stuff keep them?

I have 3 big ones scooped and in a jar .. shud i put them back?

Cirratulidae - Wikipedia

en.wikipedia.org

 

[Singspot]

Way too thin/stringy for a serpent star or micro brittle.

These do not look like bristle woms

 

[ISpeakForTheSeas]

So theyvare good stuff keep them?

I have 3 big ones scooped and in a jar .. shud i put them back?

Cirratulidae - Wikipedia

en.wikipedia.org

Yeah, they're good - not the prettiest, but beneficial for your tank.

 

[Singspot]

I put them back in tank!

Thank you for the responses

Lets keep the Poll and new perspective continue to pour in ..