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Bearded Fireworm (Hermodice carunculata) on a reef in the Mediterranean Sea

Fire worm underwater Sea life Scuba diver point of view

Hermodice carunculata, the bearded fireworm, is a type of marine bristleworm belonging to the Amphinomidae family

A red tubicolous worm (Serpula vermicularis) in the French Mediterranean Sea

Bearded fireworm in Adriatic sea, Croatia

$The Red Fanworm Protula bispiralis (ex. Protula magnifica) occurs in the tropical Indo-West Pacific from Westcoast Africa tu Australia. The spieces has with 38 whorls of spirally arranged branchial radioles, a tube diameter of up to 2cm and grows up to 30 cm. There are several common names like Red Hard Tube Coco Worm, Mopworm or Feather Duster. The species uses the feeding crowns to catch microplankton.\nLembeh Strait, Indonesia \n1°27'38.1666 N 125°13'34.2828 E at 8m depth$

Bearded Fireworm (Hermodice carunculata)

A beautiful but dangerous bristle fireworm crawls on a patch of purple sponge feeding. This is a very venomous worm and they use it to defend themselves.

Dying pelagic gooseneck barnacles on a piece of driftwood on the west coast of Vancouver Island.

Bearded Fireworm (Hermodice carunculata) Underwater Mediterranean Sea

Underwater photography of tropical reef species in Papua New Guinea

A picture of a colored and dangerous vermocane

$Godeffroys Worm Cucumber Euapta godeffroyi occurs in the subtropical and tropical Indo-Pacific from South Africa to Hawaii in a depth range from 0-77m, max. length 40cm. \nThe spicules (microscopic calcareous structures that project through the skin) are a mixture of anchors and perforated plates with large holes. \n\nThe nocturnal species is a deposit feeder spending the day hidden among the rubble and corals. It emerges at night, crawling along using its anchor spicules for adhesion, and extending its tentacles onto the sediment (like this specimen) which sticks to them; food particles are passed to the mouth where they are scraped off. The sea cucumber selects the more nutritious particles it finds and consumes several times its bodyweight each day.\n\nTriton Bay, West Papua Province, Indonesia\n3°54'2.5416 S 134°6'23.8608 E at 9m depth by night$

Amphinomidae, also known as the bristle worms or sea mice, are a family of marine polychaetes, many species of which bear chaetae mineralized with carbonate. The best-known amphinomids are the fireworms, which can cause great pain if their toxin-coated chaetae are touched or trodden on. Their relationship to other polychaete groups is somewhat poorly resolved.

Fire worm underwater macro photography Sea life Scuba diver point of view

Little sea worm on sea bottom crawling over stones.

Giant Acorn Barnacle Feeding using Cirri, Balanus nubilus, Monterey, California; Arthropoda; Crustacea; Thoracica; Balanidae

$The aeolid nudibranch, commonly known as 'Blue Dragon', Pteraeolidia ianthina occurs in the tropical Indo-Pacific from East Africa and the Arabian Sea to Australia across to Japan and Hawaii, New South Wales and Indonesia in a depth range from 1 to 32m, max. length 15cm. \nThe species is way ahead of man in harnessing solar energy. Pteraeolidia has evolved a method of capturing and farming microscopic plants (zooxanthellae) in its own body by feeding on hydroids with symbiotic zooxanthellae. The plants flourish in this protected environment and as they convert the sun's energy into sugars, they pass a significant proportion on to the nudibranch for its own use. This specimen was encountered in the Lembeh Strait, Indonesia \n1°28'8.916 N 125°14'39.102 E at 15m depth$

A bearded fireworm spottet off the coast of Greece

An underwater shot of a eel hiding between mossy rocks. Taken in Kauai, Hawaii, during the day.

The sea pen, Ptilosarcus gurneyi, is a colonial cnidaria. One polyp has been modified to form the body while the fringes of the feather contain numerous small feeding polyps. California coast.

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