Phragmatopoma californica Sandcastle Worm, Honeycomb Worm

Phragmatopoma californica wird umgangssprachlich oft als Sandburgen-Wurm bezeichnet.

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lexID:

11671 

AphiaID:

334501 

Scientific:

Phragmatopoma californica 

German:

Sandburgen-Wurm, Honigwaben-Wurm 

English:

Sandcastle Worm, Honeycomb Worm 

Category:

Vermi 

Family tree:

Animalia (Kingdom) > Annelida (Phylum) > Polychaeta (Class) > Sabellida (Order) > Sabellariidae (Family) > Phragmatopoma (Genus) > californica (Species) 

Initial determination:

(Fewkes, ), 1889 

Occurrence:

Gulf of California, 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 - 72 Meter 

Size:

7,5 cm 

Temperature:

°F - 68 °F (°C - 20°C) 

Food:

Plankton 

Difficulty:

There are no reports available yet that this animal has already been kept in captivity successfully 

Offspring:

None 

CITES:

Not evaluated 

Red List:

Not evaluated (NE) 

Related species at
Catalog of Life:

• Phragmatopoma attenuata
• 
  Phragmatopoma californica
  Sandburgen-Wurm, Honigwaben-Wurm
• Phragmatopoma caudata
• Phragmatopoma virgini

 

Author:

Meerwasser-Lexikon Team

Publisher:

Meerwasser-Lexikon.de

Created:

2018-08-20 19:23:30 

Last edit:

2018-08-20 19:38:16 

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