第 1283 号，共 1 402 张

Bobbit worm

Eunice aphroditois

名字的由来： The name bobbit worm is believed to come from the John and Lorena Bobbitt case, a widely publicised legal case.1

只是会疼会疼，但不会对你造成严重伤害。

海胆、海星和蠕虫

咬伤吃：肉

对人的危险: 很疼可能真的很疼，但几乎从不严重。

The bobbit worm is a long, slim sea worm that hides in the sand or mud on the ocean floor. It waits with its whole body buried, then strikes passing fish and other prey with sharp jaws. It lives in warm seas, mainly in the Atlantic and the Indo-Pacific, and can grow to nearly 3 metres long.1

生活在

Warm marine waters, mainly the Atlantic Ocean, and also the Indo-Pacific1

太平洋, 印度洋, 大西洋, 红海, 地中海, 加勒比海, 帝汶海和阿拉弗拉海

首页

It lives in prey-rich coral reefs, where its colouring helps it blend in, and in sandy and muddy sediments, around rocks and sponges. It has been recorded at depths of up to 95 metres. People may meet it in home aquariums, where it can arrive hidden in live rock.1

长度

3 m (9.8 ft)1

最高速度

约 0.3 公里/小时（0.19 英里/小时）

游泳, 粗略估计

它吃什么？

It senses passing prey with its antennae, seizes it with its mandibles and drags it into its burrow. It mainly feeds on many species of fish, but it also eats algae and dead and decaying matter.1

Bobbit worm的照片 — Bobbit worm。照片：Dan Schofield。 CC BY 4.0, iNaturalist.

怎样认出它

Has five antennae on its head, used to sense prey1
Covered by a hard exoskeleton1
Typically deep purple to black, with iridescent skin1
Very slim, with a body about 25.5 mm wide even at great lengths1
Strikes with sharp mandibles that can be pulled back inside the body1

毒液之力

咬伤

它咬的时候，毒液通过毒牙或牙齿出来。

它对人有多危险？

对人的危险: 很疼可能真的很疼，但几乎从不严重。

如果它咬人

把伤口泡在热水里，水温以不烫伤为限、尽量热，然后去看医生取出刺。不要自己去挖。

一定先拨打你的急救电话（112、000、911）。这里是一般急救指导，不是医疗建议。急救基础

注意安全

永远不要摸、抓或逗弄野生动物，即使是很小的，即使它看起来在睡觉或已经死了。
给它留出空间。如果遇到它，保持冷静，慢慢后退，让它走自己的路。
如果被它咬了：保持冷静，保持不动，拨打你的急救电话（112、000、911）或尽快去医院。记住它长什么样，拍张照片会有帮助。

它不是冲着你来的。它用毒液捕猎或保护自己，而且它更愿意躲起来。更多安全知识

在世界哪里？

非洲亚洲欧洲北美洲南美洲澳大利亚和大洋洲太平洋大西洋印度洋地中海红海加勒比海帝汶海和阿拉弗拉海

它有多大？

它有多长？

和 3 只狗鼻子接尾巴一样长和 17 根香蕉首尾相接一样长

Bobbit worm和你比起来有多大？

只是在你的浏览器里算一算。什么都不会被保存或发送到任何地方。

它有多快？

一只花园蜗牛 约 0.05 公里/小时 (0.03 mph)

Bobbit worm 约 0.3 公里/小时 (0.19 mph)

一个在游泳的人 约 3 公里/小时 (1.9 mph)

值得了解

事实

It is the longest known member of the polychaete class of bristle worms, with the largest specimen on record reaching 299 cm.1

Some fish mob the worm by directing jets of water into its burrow to disorient it.1

It hunts by burrowing its whole body into soft sediment and waiting until its antennae detect prey.1

Fossil burrows from Miocene rocks in northeastern Taiwan, about 20 million years old, have been linked to this species.1

Despite its length, its body is only about 25.5 mm wide.1

谣言粉碎机

谣言： The worm can reproduce by splitting into several pieces.

真相： There is no scientific evidence that it reproduces this way. Reports of this appear to come from misreading movement in dead or injured worms. It can regenerate its rear segments, but it reproduces sexually.1

给毒液专家

学名: Eunice aphroditois
类别: 海胆、海星和蠕虫
家人: Eunicidae2
排序: Eunicida
大洲: 太平洋, 印度洋, 大西洋, 红海, 地中海, 加勒比海, 帝汶海和阿拉弗拉海, 海洋
宝宝: It releases sperm and eggs into the water, where fertilisation happens outside the body, and the young drift as larvae before settling and growing into juvenile worms.1
对人的危险: 2 / 5: 很疼3