Asterophilia culcitae Culcita Scale Worm

Asterophilia culcitae is commonly referred to as Culcita Scale Worm. Difficulty in the aquarium: There are no reports available yet that this animal has already been kept in captivity successfully. Toxicity: Toxic hazard unknown.

Profile

lexID:

18068 

AphiaID:

326680 

Scientific:

Asterophilia culcitae 

German:

Culcita Schuppenwurm 

English:

Culcita Scale Worm 

Category:

Vermi 

Family tree:

Animalia (Kingdom) > Annelida (Phylum) > Polychaeta (Class) > Phyllodocida (Order) > Polynoidae (Family) > Asterophilia (Genus) > culcitae (Species) 

Initial determination:

Britayev & Fauchald, 2005 

Occurrence:

Japan, New Caledonia, Vietnam 

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:

Meter 

Habitats:

Seawater, Sea water 

Size:

3.15" - 3.94" (8,1cm - 10,0cm) 

Temperature:

°F - 82.4 °F (°C - 28°C) 

Food:

No reliable information available, Symbiotic community 

Difficulty:

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

Offspring:

None 

Toxicity:

Toxic hazard unknown 

CITES:

Not evaluated 

Red List:

Not evaluated (NE) 

Related species at
Catalog of Life:

• 
  Asterophilia carlae
  Seestern Schuppenwurm,Carlas Schuppenwurm
• 
  Asterophilia culcitae
  Culcita Schuppenwurm

 

Author:

Meerwasser-Lexikon Team

Publisher:

Meerwasser-Lexikon.de

Created:

2026-01-19 20:06:05 

Last edit:

2026-01-19 20:28:12 

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