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Tubulanus sexlineatus Six-lined Ribbon Worm

Tubulanus sexlineatus is commonly referred to as Six-lined Ribbon Worm. Difficulty in the aquarium: Not suitable for aquarium keeping. Toxicity: Toxic hazard unknown.

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Tubulanus sexlineatus, West of Point Glover 2025


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lexID:
10398 
AphiaID:
147256 
Scientific:
Tubulanus sexlineatus 
German:
Sechs-Linien-Schnurwurm 
English:
Six-lined Ribbon Worm 
Category:
Vermi 
Family tree:
Animalia (Kingdom) > Nemertea (Phylum) > Palaeonemertea (Class) > Tubulaniformes (Order) > Tubulanidae (Family) > Tubulanus (Genus) > sexlineatus (Species) 
Initial determination:
(Griffin, ), 1898 
Occurrence:
Alaska (Western Atlantic), Gulf of California, Pacific Ocean, USA 
Marine Zone:
Subtidal, sublittoral, infralittoral, deep zone of the oceans from the lower limit of the intertidal zone (intertidal) to the shelf edge at about 200 m water depth. neritic. 
Sea depth:
0 - 8 Meter 
Habitats:
Seawater, Sea water 
Size:
7.87" - 59.06" (20cm - 150cm) 
Temperature:
°F - 50 °F (°C - 10°C) 
Food:
Worms 
Difficulty:
Not suitable for aquarium keeping 
Offspring:
None 
Toxicity:
Toxic hazard unknown 
CITES:
Not evaluated 
Red List:
Not evaluated (NE) 
Related species at
Catalog of Life:
  • Tubulanus albocinctus
  • Tubulanus annulatus
    Ringel-Nemertine
  • Tubulanus aureus
  • Tubulanus borealis
  • Tubulanus capistratus
  • Tubulanus cingulatus
  • Tubulanus ezoensis
  • Tubulanus floridanus
  • Tubulanus frenatus
  • Tubulanus groenlandicus
 
Author:
Publisher:
Meerwasser-Lexikon.de
Created:
Last edit:
2025-05-13 20:11:37 

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Tubulanus sexlineatus (Griffin, 1898)

Tubulanus sexlineatus, commonly known as Six-lined Ribbon Worm, can be found on the Pacific coast of North America, from Alaska to southern California.The colour ranging from wine red, dark brown to chocolate brown. This species preys on polychaete worms.

Similar is Tubulanus superbus, but colour pattern differs.

Synonymised names
Carinella dinema Coe, 1901 · unaccepted (synonym)
Carinella sexlineata Griffin, 1898 · unaccepted (basionym)

External links

  1. Encyclodedia of Life (EOL) (multi). Abgerufen am 07.08.2020.
  2. Intertidal Invertebrates of the Monterey Bay Area, California (en). Abgerufen am 07.08.2020.

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Tubulanus sexlineatus, West of Point Glover 2025
Tubulanus sexlineatus, West of Point Glover 2025
Tubulanus sexlineatus (Coleman Beach, Sonoma) 2011
Tubulanus sexlineatus, Ribbon worm, Pillar Point 2015

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