The Puffer Forum

Posted: **Tue Nov 22, 2011 9:50 am**

Saw this at the beach today..

Posted: **Tue Nov 22, 2011 9:56 am**

Looks like a giant earthworm.

Posted: **Tue Nov 22, 2011 10:03 am**

hmm.. this thing is pretty flat.. Giant tapeworm?

Posted: **Tue Nov 22, 2011 10:08 am**

Whatever it is:

Posted: **Tue Nov 22, 2011 10:12 am**

is there a prize? lol!

Posted: **Tue Nov 22, 2011 1:52 pm**

Bloat told me it was food

Posted: **Tue Nov 22, 2011 1:55 pm**

Its nasty! Thats what it is!!!! LOL

Posted: **Tue Nov 22, 2011 3:00 pm**

chuckfriedrice wrote:Its nasty! Thats what it is!!!! LOL

LoL +1 ...giant tapeworm crossed my mind.,,,nty.

Posted: **Tue Nov 22, 2011 9:09 pm**

I asked my invert specialty friend.
The worm in question might be a ribbon worm/Nemertean like this: http://www.wildsingapore.com/wildfacts/ ... ea/red.htm

Posted: **Tue Nov 22, 2011 10:02 pm**

Yikes!! That is what that is exactly!!

Posted: **Wed Nov 23, 2011 4:57 am**

Boo!! PP beat me to it.

small nemertean worm, probably in the genus Cerebratulus

Posted: **Wed Nov 23, 2011 1:06 pm**

Posted: **Wed Nov 23, 2011 6:39 pm**

J-P wrote:here is a full article on them:

http://www.reefkeeping.com/issues/2004-01/rs/index.php

a very cool read about a crazy creature! its very strange how long they get but manage to stay so skinny!

What is this??