Fireworm

 
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Features: Highly Toxic; This annelid earns its name; If touched, inflicts painful  stings with bristles that pierce the skin;
Size: 6 inches;
Depth: 5 to 50 feet;
Source: Audubon Soc. Field Guide (Seashore); page 424; plate 242;
Description: Orange yellow in color; with tufts of red gills; numerous white bristles on sides;
Notes: There is also a Green Fireworm (Hermodice carunculata) 10 inches long with tufts of orange gills

The above photo was taken at Carysfort Lighthouse, Key Largo, FL on 03/31/2004............ROD
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Rod Bigelow
Box 13  Chazy Lake
Dannemora, N.Y. 12929

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