Strange worm

[phil_ip]

Earlier this morning I turned on my lights and out of a hole on one of my Marshall Island rocks a long, flat, translucent blueish, forked worm thing sucked back into the rock. The tips of the forked end were darker, almost black. Couldn't get a pic of it. It won't come back out of the rock. It must be nocturnal. I'll try to get a pic later tonight. Meanwhile, here's a pic I drew on paint. Pretty close to actual size...

 

Any ideas?

[c est ma]

Echiurid? (A.k.a. spoon worm.) Kind of uncommon, cool to have:

 

http://homepage.ntlworld.com/k.davis11/worms.html (scroll down)

 

http://www.answers.com/topic/bonellia-viridis

 

http://www.melevsreef.com/id/crawls.html

 

http://www.horozbina.com/icerik/1367/Bonellia-viridis.html

 

--Diane

[robbie]

i have no idea what it is but i like your drawing. looks like you got some nice coraline growth.

[phil_ip]

After looking at the links posted by Diane I have concluded that I have a Green Spoon Echiurid worm. Looks exactly like this picture:

Thank you for your help!

[c est ma]

Very cool! Actually, it was your accurate drawing that identified it. Nice art skills.

 

--Diane