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This worm belongs to the terebellid order, but its know as a spaghetti worm. these tropical worms live in sand, building tubes out of gravel and limestone to live in. Their tentacles spill out from the tube, sometimes extending as far as a meter to gather building materials and food for the worm. To reproduce, spaghetti worms will release their eggs and sperm into the water, but only at night and sometimes even without other males or females around. They seem to do this on a lunar cycle, with a limited two week window for these gametes to release and find each other. That seems like an extraordinarily chancy way to reproduce, but it seems to work for this worm.