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Chaetopterus variopedatus Parchment Worm,Tube Worm

Chaetopterus variopedatus is commonly referred to as Parchment Worm,Tube 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.

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Parchment Worm,Chaetopterus variopedatus, Corfu 2015


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lexID:
6853 
AphiaID:
129914 
Scientific:
Chaetopterus variopedatus 
German:
Pergamentwurm,Leuchtender Borstenflosser 
English:
Parchment Worm,Tube Worm 
Category:
Vermi 
Family tree:
Animalia (Kingdom) > Annelida (Phylum) > Polychaeta (Class) > Not assigned (Order) > Chaetopteridae (Family) > Chaetopterus (Genus) > variopedatus (Species) 
Initial determination:
(Renier, ), 1804 
Occurrence:
the North Sea, Gulf of Mexico, Mozambique, North Atlantic Ocean, Red Sea, South-Africa, the British Isles, the Caribbean, the Mediterranean Sea 
Size:
up to 9.84" (25 cm) 
Temperature:
41 °F - 77 °F (5°C - 25°C) 
Food:
Zoobenthos 
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:
  • Chaetopterus aduncus
  • Chaetopterus capensis
  • Chaetopterus cautus
  • Chaetopterus charlesdarwinii
  • Chaetopterus galapagensis
  • Chaetopterus gregarius
  • Chaetopterus izuensis
  • Chaetopterus japonicus
  • Chaetopterus longipes
  • Chaetopterus luteus
 
Author:
Publisher:
Meerwasser-Lexikon.de
Created:
Last edit:
2014-03-08 19:35:34 

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Chaetopterus variopedatus (Renier, 1804)

Chaetopterus variopedatus is widely distributed in the world.It grows up to 25 cm in length.The Parchment Worm is a filter feeder and lives in an flexible tube in sandy bottom. Chaetopterus variopedatus is yellowish or greenish white in colour.Adult females becoming pinkish or orange, adult male worms becoming whitish.

If Chaetopterus variopedatus is irritated, it has blue bioluminescence.

Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Annelida (Phylum) > Polychaeta (Class) > Sedentaria (Subclass) > Chaetopteridae (Family) > Chaetopterus (Genus)

External links

  1. Homepage von Anne Frijsinger & Mat Vestjens (multi). Abgerufen am 07.08.2020.
  2. Marine Species Identification Portal (en) (Archive.org). Abgerufen am 07.08.2020.
  3. MarLIN – The Marine Life Information Network (en). Abgerufen am 07.08.2020.
  4. Wikipedia (de). Abgerufen am 07.08.2020.
  5. World Register of Marine Species (WoRMS) (en). Abgerufen am 07.08.2020.

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Chaetopterus variopedatus © Anne Frijsinger & Mat Vestjens, Holland,Bild aus der Adria
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Parchment Worm,Chaetopterus variopedatus, Corfu 2015
Chaetopterus variopedatus,Pergamentwurm,Parchment worm, Adriatic Sea,2004

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