''Hermodice'' is a genus of
annelids belonging to the family
Amphinomidae
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 ...
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The genus has almost
cosmopolitan distribution
In biogeography, cosmopolitan distribution is the term for the range of a taxon that extends across all or most of the world in appropriate habitats. Such a taxon, usually a species, is said to exhibit cosmopolitanism or cosmopolitism. The ext ...
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Species:
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Hermodice carunculata
''Hermodice carunculata'', the bearded fireworm, is a type of marine bristleworm belonging to the Amphinomidae family, native to the tropical Atlantic Ocean and the Mediterranean Sea.
Description
Bearded fireworms are usually 15 centimetre ...
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Hermodice picta
''Hermodice'' is a genus of annelids belonging to the family Amphinomidae.
The genus has almost cosmopolitan distribution.
Species:
*''Hermodice carunculata
''Hermodice carunculata'', the bearded fireworm, is a type of marine bristleworm ...
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Hermodice sanguinea''
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Hermodice savignyi''
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Hermodice smaragdina''
References
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Annelids