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Green fireworm

Hermodice carunculata (Pallas, 1766)

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The green fireworm (Hermodice carunculata) is a species in the family Amphinomidae, order Amphinomida.

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Quick facts about the green 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 green fireworm live?

Not recorded

Where has it been introduced?

The Global Register of Introduced and Invasive Species lists the green fireworm as introduced in 1 country.

  1. Egypt

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 green 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 green fireworm classified?

  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. phylumAnnelida
  3. classPolychaeta
  4. orderAmphinomida
  5. familyAmphinomidae
  6. genusHermodice
  7. SpeciesHermodice carunculata (Pallas, 1766)

Synonyms Amphibranchus didymobranchiatus, Amphibranchus occidentalis, Amphinome carunculata, Amphinome didymobranchiata, Aphrodita carunculata, Hermodice carunculata didymobranchiata, Hermodice didymobranchiata, Hermodice nigrolineata, Millepeda marina amboinensis, Nereis gigantea, Pleione carunculata, Terebella carunculata

Other names and names in other languages (24)
  • Beaded firewormEnglish
  • Bearded firewormEnglish
  • Green bristle wormEnglish
  • cuc de focCatalan
  • hermodice ohniváCzech
  • Koralspisende ildormDanish
  • FeuerwurmGerman
  • ΠολύχαιτοςGreek
  • gusano de fuegoSpanish
  • Ver de feuFrench
  • זכוכיתית אדומת זימיםHebrew
  • Vatreni crvCroatian
  • tűzféregHungarian
  • vermocaneItalian
  • ウミケムシJapanese
  • VuurwormDutch
  • Verme-de-fogoPortuguese
  • Bart-FeuerborstenwurmGerman
  • Grüner FeuerwurmGerman
  • ΣκουλόπετραGreek
  • Σκουλήκι της φωτιάςGreek
  • verme di fuocoItalian
  • verme di mareItalian
  • brandwormDutch

Catalogue of Life

Relatives of the green fireworm

Other species in the same genus Hermodice.

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Common questions

Answered only where our data holds the answer.

Is the green fireworm an invasive species?

The Global Register of Introduced and Invasive Species lists the green fireworm as introduced in 1 country: Egypt, but does not flag it as invasive in any of them.

What kind of animal is the green fireworm?

The green fireworm (Hermodice carunculata) 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). Green fireworm (Hermodice carunculata). Retrieved from https://creaturedata.com/animals/green-fireworm

MLA

“Green fireworm (Hermodice carunculata).” CreatureData, 2026, https://creaturedata.com/animals/green-fireworm.

BibTeX
@misc{green_fireworm_2026,
  title = {Green fireworm (Hermodice carunculata)},
  author = {{CreatureData}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://creaturedata.com/animals/green-fireworm},
  note = {Data as of 2026-11-14}
}