Where Can You Find Palolo Worm?

The palolo worm is found in tropical regions around various islands of the Pacific Ocean, including Samoa, Indonesia, Vanuatu, and some islands of the Philippines. They are variously known as the palolo worm, wawo or nyale (Indonesia).

Where do Palolo worms live?

Palolo is the edible portion of a polychaete worm (Eunice viridis) that lives in shallow coral reefs throughout the south central Pacific, although they do not swarm at all of these locations. This phenomenon is well known in Samoa, Rarotonga, Tonga, Fiji, the Solomon Islands and Vanuatu.

Where is Palolo from?

The Japanese palolo (Tylorrhynchus heterochaetus), also considered a food delicacy, lives in the coastal waters of Japan.