LeslieH
Premium Member
RATS.... Why does it looks like a immature fireworm? I mean I have seen lots of bristles. I have one that is prob close to 8+ inches long, and it was not even stretched out.
Looks like 3 different species of fireworms to me, all harmless. Only 1 species, Hermodice carunculata, is known to be a specialized coral predator.
All polychaetes are bristleworms, including eunicids & even feather dusters. Fireworms all belong to one polychaete family, the Amphinomidae. To put it another way, all fireworms are bristleworms but not all bristleworms are fireworms.