What is the scientific name for the bearded fireworm?

Answer 1

Hermodice carunculata is the scientific, Latin or binomial name for the bearded fireworm.

This marine worm sports an attractive color combination of orange body with white bristles. The bristles are the reason for the "bearded" part of the worm's name. The worm's native range is along the reefs in the tropical and mid-Atlantic Ocean. But it also may be found in the Mediterranean Sea.