Galapagos Species Database
The Galapagos Species Database shares the information about the species from our Natural History Collections.
Eurythoe complanata
gusano de fuego, Common fireworm
Length 10-40 cm
Habitat: In tide pools, infra and mid-littoral zones, under rocks on reef flats, to a depth of 61 meters
Domain
Eukaryota
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Annelida
Class
Polychaeta
Order
Amphinomida
Family
Amphinomidae
Genus
Eurythoe
Species
complanata
Taxon category: Accepted
Origin: Native
Map of specimen collection localities or observation records for this species in our collections database.
Distribution: Widely distributed, throughout the Gulf to Panama,Galapagos
- Constant, P. (2007) Marine Life of the Galapagos. The Diver's guide to Fishes, Whales, Dolphins and marine Invertebrates, 307 pp.
- Horton, T. Horton, T., Kroh, A., Ahyong, S., Bailly, N., Boyko, C. B., Brandão, S. N., Gofas, S., Hooper, J. N. A., Hernandez, F., Holovachov, O., Mees, J., Molodtsova, T. N., Paulay, G., Decock, W., Dekeyzer, S., Poffyn, G., Vandepitte, L., Vanhoorne, B., Adlard, R., ... Zhao, Z. (2021) World Register of Marine Species. Available from https://www.marinespecies.org at VLIZ.
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"Galapagos Species Database, Eurythoe complanata", dataZone. Charles Darwin Foundation, https://datazone.darwinfoundation.org/en/checklist/?species=7591. Accessed 4 November 2026.