Mesochaetopterus rogeri Roger's Polychaete Worm, Red Sea Ribbon Worm

Mesochaetopterus rogeri is commonly referred to as Roger's Polychaete Worm, Red Sea Ribbon Worm. Difficulty in the aquarium: Not suitable for aquarium keeping. Toxicity: Toxic hazard unknown.

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lexID:

6854 

AphiaID:

595867 

Scientific:

Mesochaetopterus rogeri 

German:

Rogers Vielborster 

English:

Roger's Polychaete Worm, Red Sea Ribbon Worm 

Category:

Vermi 

Family tree:

Animalia (Kingdom) > Annelida (Phylum) > Polychaeta (Class) > Not assigned (Order) > Chaetopteridae (Family) > Mesochaetopterus (Genus) > rogeri (Species) 

Initial determination:

Martin, Gil, Carreras-Carbonell & Bhaud, 2008 

Occurrence:

Red Sea, Spain, the Canary Islands, the Mediterranean Sea 

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:

13 - 15 Meter 

Habitats:

Ocean beach, Seashore, Sandy sea floors, Soft grounds 

Size:

up to 98.43" (250 cm) 

Temperature:

°F - 78.8 °F (°C - 26°C) 

Food:

Filter feeder, Plankton, Suspension feeder 

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:

• Mesochaetopterus alipes
• Mesochaetopterus capensis
• Mesochaetopterus crypticus
• Mesochaetopterus ecuadorica
• Mesochaetopterus japonicus
• Mesochaetopterus laevis
• Mesochaetopterus malayensis
• Mesochaetopterus mexicanus
• Mesochaetopterus minutus
• Mesochaetopterus rickettsii
• 
  Mesochaetopterus rogeri
  Rogers Vielborster
• Mesochaetopterus sagittarius
• Mesochaetopterus selangora
• Mesochaetopterus taylori
• Mesochaetopterus tingkokensis
• Mesochaetopterus xejubus
• Mesochaetopterus xerecus
• Alle anzeigen

 

Author:

Meerwasser-Lexikon Team

Publisher:

Meerwasser-Lexikon.de

Created:

2014-03-09 12:21:20 

Last edit:

2024-12-01 13:53:32 

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