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Fireworm

Eurythoe complanata (Pallas, 1766)

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The fireworm (Eurythoe complanata) is a species in the family Amphinomidae, order Amphinomida.

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Quick facts about the fireworm

Weight
Not recorded
Length
Not recorded
Lifespan
Not recorded
Main food
Not recorded
Habitat
Not recorded
Young per litter or clutch
Not recorded
Conservation status
Not recorded
Countries on record
Not recorded

Where does the fireworm live?

Not recorded

Where has it been introduced?

The Global Register of Introduced and Invasive Species lists the fireworm as introduced in 3 countries.

  1. Egypt
  2. Greece
  3. Türkiye

Introduced means brought by people and now present; invasive means the country's checklist records an impact. A species can be native to one part of a country and introduced in another. Source: Global Register of Introduced and Invasive Species (CC BY 4.0).

Is the fireworm endangered?

No conservation assessment is recorded for this species in our sources. That is not the same as being safe: it has not been matched to an assessment.

How is the fireworm classified?

  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. phylumAnnelida
  3. classPolychaeta
  4. orderAmphinomida
  5. familyAmphinomidae
  6. genusEurythoe
  7. SpeciesEurythoe complanata (Pallas, 1766)

Synonyms Amphinome alcyonia, Amphinome complanata, Amphinome jamaicensis, Amphinome macrotricha, Amphinome pacifica, Aphrodita complanata, Blenda armata, Eurythoe alboseta, Eurythoe albosetosa, Eurythoe alcyonaria, Eurythoe alcyonia, Eurythoe assimilis, Eurythoe capensis, Eurythoe corallina, Eurythoe ehlersi, Eurythoe havaica, Eurythoe havaiva, Eurythoe indica, Eurythoe kamechameha, Eurythoe kamehameha, Eurythoe macrotricha, Eurythoe pacifica, Eurythoe pacifica levukaensis, Lycaretus neocephalicus, Pleione alcyonea

Other names and names in other languages (8)
  • Orange bristle wormEnglish
  • Orange fire wormEnglish
  • FeuerwurmGerman
  • Gusano de fuegoSpanish
  • Ver de feu orangeFrench
  • ハナオレウミケムシJapanese
  • verme-de-fogoPortuguese
  • 扁猶帝蟲Chinese

Catalogue of Life

Relatives of the fireworm

Other species in the same genus Eurythoe.

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Common questions

Answered only where our data holds the answer.

Is the fireworm an invasive species?

The Global Register of Introduced and Invasive Species lists the fireworm as introduced in 3 countries: Egypt, Greece and Türkiye, but does not flag it as invasive in any of them.

What kind of animal is the fireworm?

The fireworm (Eurythoe complanata) belongs to the family Amphinomidae in the order Amphinomida.

Sources and how to cite this page

Data as of 2026-11-14. How this page is put together.

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APA

CreatureData. (2026). Fireworm (Eurythoe complanata). Retrieved from https://creaturedata.com/animals/eurythoe-complanata

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“Fireworm (Eurythoe complanata).” CreatureData, 2026, https://creaturedata.com/animals/eurythoe-complanata.

BibTeX
@misc{eurythoe_complanata_2026,
  title = {Fireworm (Eurythoe complanata)},
  author = {{CreatureData}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://creaturedata.com/animals/eurythoe-complanata},
  note = {Data as of 2026-11-14}
}