What is this ?

[Ding]

Saw this at Midway on Loch Long was wondering if anyone knew what it was called
http://i77.photobucket.com/albums/j62/johnnicolson/loch%20long/PA208162.jpg the lines come from what looks like a hole.

This is another picture in closer
http://i77.photobucket.com/albums/j62/johnnicolson/loch%20long/PA208163.jpg

If you touch a line it contracts into the hole...

[Gogs]

Fishing line?



:D

gogs

[bubblemaker]

It's a strawberry worm - Eupolymnia nebulosa. If you touch the tentacles they retract, it thinks it's caught food... poor wee thing!!

[Ding]

It's a strawberry worm - Eupolymnia nebulosa. If you touch the tentacles they retract, it thinks it's caught food... poor wee thing!!

Cheers Bubblemaker

Gogs thanx anyway

[charlie]

What an impressive creature! Will have to look out for them in future. Thanks for sharing the info, guys. :)

[bubblemaker]

you see them quite often...


I think the tube is a secretion that it lives in. The worm is red, and can very rarely be seen out walking.

They are most obvious when there are a few of them, and the tentacles are all over the place...

Happy hunting..

[stew]

seen these many times, get lots around the 'caves'.
first time i actually knew what they were,
cheers