Bloodworm (Glycera), Live, Science Specimen
Common name: Bloodworm
Scientific name: Glycera spp.
Locations: buried in fine sediment/mud
Seasonality: available all year
Color: light pink
Size: 4”- 10”; Ungraded worms - “beach run”
Collected: by hand, rake in marine mud
Common name: Bloodworm
Scientific name: Glycera spp.
Locations: buried in fine sediment/mud
Seasonality: available all year
Color: light pink
Size: 4”- 10”; Ungraded worms - “beach run”
Collected: by hand, rake in marine mud
Common name: Bloodworm
Scientific name: Glycera spp.
Locations: buried in fine sediment/mud
Seasonality: available all year
Color: light pink
Size: 4”- 10”; Ungraded worms - “beach run”
Collected: by hand, rake in marine mud
Tidepool Tim says, "Bloodworms are popular in Maine for their use as aquaculture feed. What makes them visually interesting it what happens when they attack! They're carnivorous and capture food by extending a large proboscis containing four sets of hollow jaws. The jaws are attached to gland filled with venom painful even to a human. Even so, I have handled them so many times and don't run into trouble."
