Some type of worm/larvae ?? ID

[Bojangles]

I came home at 2am to find three of these swimmin in my 200g tank. They seemed to be swimming in spirals from bottom to top in the middle of the tank and one in the corner. I caught them and put them in a black pan for picture taking. They're about 1.5" long, white/off white, and both ends look kinda the same...no visible head or tail ends.

I'm mostly concerned Friend or Foe and how to get rid of it if Foe.
Thanks all for the help

 

[Anonymous]

These are Palolo worms. It's the reproductive phase of a polychaete worm. Nothing to worry about.

 

[Anonymous]

Do a Google on "Epitoke".

 

[Anonymous]

Thank you. I always forget that term

There are people in the S Pacific that eat these things... blech!!

 

[Bojangles]

Thanks guys I appreciate it!

 

[romunov]

There are people in the S Pacific that eat these things... blech!!

These people are usually very poor too.

I took some pics of an epitoke under the microscope here.