Appearance
The body shape is very elongate and narrow. Rhinophoral sheaths are with papillae and they are elevated to cover three quarters of the rhinophores. Cerata are very short and pointed. Background color is brown with dark brown spots and opaque yellow lines. Opaque white reticulations is also present across the body. The maximum recorded body length is 40 mm, but it is usually smaller than 25 mm.Distribution
The distribution of ''Lomanotus vermiformis'' is circumtropical. This species was described from the Red Sea. It has also been reported widely from tropical seas in the Indo-Pacific region. Records from the Western Atlantic includes Florida, Bahamas and Panama.Habitat
Minimum recorded depth is 1 m. Maximum recorded depth is 4.5 m.''Lomanotus vermiformis'' feeds on the common stinging hydroid ''Lytocarpus philippinus'' and on hydroids of the genus ''Macrorhynchia''. It was also found feeding on an unidentified species of hydroid in Panama, on which it is extremely cryptic.
''Lomanotus vermiformis'' can swim with lateral flexions of the body when disturbed.
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