Red-tipped Fireworm (Chloeia viridis)

Also known as Blackline Fireworm, Fire Worm, Ornate Fireworm, Rock Worm, Sea Caterpillar, Sea Mice, Segmented Seaworm, Segmented Worm, Stinging Fireworm

Description

Also known as Blackline Fireworm, Fire Worm, Ornate Fireworm, Rock Worm, Sea Caterpillar, Sea Mice, Segmented Seaworm, Segmented Worm, Stinging Fireworm.

Found amongst rubble and sandy areas, of coral and rocky reefs.
They feed on sea anemones, coral polyps, hydroids, sponges, and tunicates.
Length - 12cm
Depth - 1-40m
Widespread Western Central Atlantic, Caribbean, Indo-Pacific

Segmented worms are extremely mobile, have strong jaws for hunting and feeding on their prey.
Some worms are covered in hairs for protection, scavenging on the sea floor for detritus.
Others are delicate fans, protected by their self made tubes, which they retreat back into when threatened, these are filter feeders and feed on plankton. Ref: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=129827

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