Anybody ID this Tube or Feather Duster worm?

[Wy Renegade]

Had this guy for about three years now. It's grown from a very small tube worm to about 3/4" in diameter with a hard calcerous tube about 3 or 4" in length. I've gotten some additional babies off it as well. Just wondering if anybody knows what the genus species on this one is?

[Wy Renegade]

Nobody has a clue? You'll gonna make the research this one? Somebody throw me a bone.

[MizTanks]

I've no idea but sure would love one in my tank~lucky dog

[Wy Renegade]

Well that died without a whole lot of help.

Based on Shimek's description I'm indeed inclined to believe its a member of the family Serpulidae, which would make it a "hard-tubed feather duster", but don't think it is either a Christmas tree worm or a Coco worm.

Somebody suggested Pomatestegus stellatus (the Star Horseshoe worm)

Here's an internet picture - seems sorta close;



Not much info on these . . . but I was able to find the following info;

Star feather worm
Pomatostegus stellatus
Abildgaard, 1789

Description:
This feather worm has a double fold of radioles that form a U-shaped crown. The opening of the tube has a simple lid (operculum) that consists of a series of discs. The tubes are hard, calcareous. The color of the crown is variable, most common are shades of red, orange, yellow or white. The crown can be almost uniformly colored, or banded.
Size: whole animal up to 10 cm, crowns up to 4 cm.

Habitat:
This feather worm occurs all over the reefs. Tubes usually encased in living coral.
Depth: ranges from 3 m down to 30 m.

Distribution:
Common all over the Caribbean.

Couple good pictures and some more info on this website;
Marine Species Identification Portal : Star feather worm - Pomatostegus stellatus

[Skyhigh]

Coco worm.

[MizTanks]

I bought this one (actually had 2 heads) from our LFS a while back~it didn't last long as I was told their pretty hard to keep~I bought it as a coco worm.

[Wy Renegade]

Coco worm.

Thanks Bryan, but I don't think so . . . if it was a Coco worm, shouldn't it have a spiral crown on it by now? This one is three years old and is bilobed with a u-shape in the middle. It also doesn't look like any of the Coco worms I've seen in the LFS.

[Skyhigh]

hard tube coco worm soft tube feather duster.. and it not Andy!!!!!!!!!!!!

[Skyhigh]

calcium tube are all going to to in 1 class and slime tube would be the other

[Wy Renegade]

hard tube coco worm soft tube feather duster.. and it not Andy!!!!!!!!!!!!

Sorry Bryan, I'm half asleep at the computer right now and wasn't paying enough attention. Edited my previous post. So how does a Christmas tree worm fit into that classification scheme? And what about Filograna elatensis and Filograna implexa? Both have hard calcareous tubes and neither is a Coco worm?