Worm for Leslie

Hi Leslie and all,

A friend's mom took this photo yesterday in Lake Worth Lagoon, Palm Beach, Fl. in approximately 12 feet of water.

Is it a Nemertine worm?

Thanks, Anne

Hi Anne -- You've got me stumped on this one. Not a nemertine, doesn't resemble any of the sipunculans I know for the area, maybe a mollusc siphon????? Hopefully Jon the Nemerterminator will catch this thread. Anyone else know?

Leslie mentioned the only two options I can imagine. I am inclined to think sipunculan because it's a bit more wrinkled than I would expect for a gastropod siphon, but that's a guess and I'm not very familiar with gastropod siphons.

--Jon

Leslie mentioned the only two options I can imagine. I am inclined to think sipunculan because it's a bit more wrinkled than I would expect for a gastropod siphon, but that's a guess and I'm not very familiar with gastropod siphons.

--Jon

Thanks Jon and Leslie,

Here is one more photo my friend sent me.

Does this help?

Thanks Anne

Since it hasn't changed length, I would now be inclined toward this crab having a strangle-hold on a gastropod siphon.

--Jon

Since it hasn't changed length, I would now be inclined toward this crab having a strangle-hold on a gastropod siphon.

--Jon

"C'est la vie" Thanks Jon