Red worm (rock worm) - Red worm

Japanese: アカムシ(イワムシ) - あかむし
Red worm (rock worm) - Red worm

…An annelid of the family Isocaeidae of the class Polychaeta (illustration). It has about 20 different names, including akamushi, emushi, isobe, doromushi, sembushi, honmushi, iwaisome, and hiramushi. It is distributed throughout Japan and was given this name because it lives in the crevices of rocks in the intertidal zone, but some species live in sand and mud such as tidal flats. …

*Some of the terminology that refers to "red worms (rock worms)" is listed below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

Japanese:

…多毛綱イソメ科の環形動物(イラスト)。アカムシ,エムシ,イソベ,ドロムシ,セムシ,ホンムシ,イワイソメ,ヒラムシなど20ほどの別名がある。日本各地に分布し,潮間帯の岩の隙間にすむところからこの名がつけられたが,干潟のような砂泥中にすむものもある。…

※「アカムシ(イワムシ)」について言及している用語解説の一部を掲載しています。

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