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Family Eunicidae

Eunice norvegica

(Linnaeus, 1767)

Eunice Worm

Not Reef Tank Suitable

Not Suitable for Fish-Only Tank

Range: North Eastern Atlantic Ocean: European waters.

Taxonomy:

    Kingdom: Animalia

    Phylum: Annelida

    Class: Polychaeta

    Order: Eunicida

    Family: Eunicidae

    Genus: Eunice

FYI: Eunice worms are large predatory nocturnal feeding bristle worms sometimes reaching 16 inches (40 cm) or more in the wild. They burrow, and do not live in a tube. Unfortunately they also burrow into stony corals and damage or kill them. They also will feed on small fishes and invertebrate.

A cold water species having a temperature range of 50 to 65°F (10 - 18°C).

Shown here for identification only.

 Eunice norvegica (Eunice Worm)
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Oenone fulgida Eunice sp.
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