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This is indeed spaghetti and eats both uneaten food and detritus and reef safe although its creeps some reefers outMaybe hair worms not spaghetti their is a difference.But both are good.
Most spaghetti worms do, yes (though a few don't - such as those from the genera Polycirrus and Amaeana - and a few have their tubes constructed under the substrate).Spaghetti worms live in tubes, not substrate. These are hair worms, taxonomic family Cirratulidae.
You have your taxonomy a little mixed upMost spaghetti worms do, yes (though a few don't - such as those from the genera Polycirrus and Amaeana - and a few have their tubes constructed under the substrate).
Either way, though, you're right, my initial post does warrant correction: this is most likely a hair worm (Cirritulidae) as mentioned.
Actually, the family Polycirridae is unaccepted taxonomically: it’s currently considered the tribe Polycirrini in the Terrbellidae family.You have your taxonomy a little mixed up
The Order Terebellida includes the Families Terebellidae, Polycirridae, and Cirratulidae. The family Polycirridae contains the Genera Amaeana and Polycirrus, among others, neither of which are commonly (or even uncommonly) found in the aquarium hobby.