Re: Chromodoris purpurea from Israel
July 3, 2006
From: Fabio Russo
Concerning message #17018:
Dear Bill,
The polychaete worm you can see in the photo of this message is a fire worm named Hermodice carunculata. I'm pretty sure that this worm was eating the Chromodoris!
Best Regards
Fabio
scercola@alice.it
Russo, F., 2006 (Jul 3) Re: Chromodoris purpurea from Israel. [Message in] Sea Slug Forum. Australian Museum, Sydney. Available from http://www.seaslugforum.net/find/17038Thanks Fabio,
I would be interested if you have other observations of these worms eating nudibranchs. For those of you not familiar with 'fireworms' they get their common name from the sting they can give you if you unfortunately brush against them. In the close-up from Yoshi Elayani's photo alongside, the bundles of capillary bristles can be seen quite clearly. These bristles break off once they have pierced your skin, releasing a poison which causes quite a fiery allergic reaction.
Best wishes,
Bill Rudman
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