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Flame feather duster worm

Branchiomma luctuosum (Grube, 1870)

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The flame feather duster worm (Branchiomma luctuosum) is a species in the family Sabellidae, order Sabellida.

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Quick facts about the flame feather duster worm

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

Where does the flame feather duster worm live?

Not recorded

Where has it been introduced?

The Global Register of Introduced and Invasive Species lists the flame feather duster worm as introduced in 8 countries, and flagged as invasive in 2 of them.

  1. Italyinvasive
  2. Türkiyeinvasive
  3. Angola
  4. Brazil
  5. Cyprus
  6. Greece
  7. Lebanon
  8. Portugal

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 flame feather duster worm 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 flame feather duster worm classified?

  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. phylumAnnelida
  3. classPolychaeta
  4. orderSabellida
  5. familySabellidae
  6. genusBranchiomma
  7. SpeciesBranchiomma luctuosum (Grube, 1870)

Synonyms Branchiomma luctuosa, Sabella luctuosa

Other names and names in other languages (2)
  • Koukai-murakumo-keyarimushiJapanese
  • Poliqueta-laranjaPortuguese

Catalogue of Life

Relatives of the flame feather duster worm

Other species in the same genus Branchiomma.

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Common questions

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Is the flame feather duster worm an invasive species?

In some places. The Global Register of Introduced and Invasive Species flags the flame feather duster worm as invasive in 2 countries: Italy and Türkiye. It lists it as introduced in 8 in all.

What kind of animal is the flame feather duster worm?

The flame feather duster worm (Branchiomma luctuosum) belongs to the family Sabellidae in the order Sabellida.

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). Flame feather duster worm (Branchiomma luctuosum). Retrieved from https://creaturedata.com/animals/flame-feather-duster-worm

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BibTeX
@misc{flame_feather_duster_worm_2026,
  title = {Flame feather duster worm (Branchiomma luctuosum)},
  author = {{CreatureData}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://creaturedata.com/animals/flame-feather-duster-worm},
  note = {Data as of 2026-11-14}
}