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Hermodice carunculata (Bearded Fireworm)
Scientific name: Hermodice carunculata

Taxonomy: Kingdom Animalia → Phylum Annelida → Class Polychaeta → Subclass Errantia → Order Amphinomida → Family Amphinomidae → Subfamily Amphinominae → Genus Hermodice

Common name: Bearded Fireworm
Locations: Caribbean
Group: Marine LifeInvertebratesWorms

The bristles are painfully irritating. Don't pet it.

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Hermodice carunculata (Bearded Fireworm)
Hermodice carunculata (Bearded Fireworm)
Hermodice carunculata (Bearded Fireworm)
Hermodice carunculata (Bearded Fireworm)
Hermodice carunculata (Bearded Fireworm)
Hermodice carunculata (Bearded Fireworm)
Hermodice carunculata (Bearded Fireworm)
Hermodice carunculata (Bearded Fireworm)
Hermodice carunculata (Bearded Fireworm)
Hermodice carunculata (Bearded Fireworm)
Hermodice carunculata (Bearded Fireworm)
Hermodice carunculata (Bearded Fireworm)
Hermodice carunculata (Bearded Fireworm)
Hermodice carunculata (Bearded Fireworm)
Hermodice carunculata (Bearded Fireworm)
Hermodice carunculata (Bearded Fireworm)
Hermodice carunculata (Bearded Fireworm)
Hermodice carunculata (Bearded Fireworm)
Hermodice carunculata (Bearded Fireworm)
Hermodice carunculata (Bearded Fireworm)
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