Phoronopsis albomaculata Horseshoe Worms

Phoronopsis albomaculata is commonly referred to as Horseshoe Worms. Difficulty in the aquarium: Only for advanced aquarists. Toxicity: Toxic hazard unknown.

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lexID:

13417 

AphiaID:

128553 

Scientific:

Phoronopsis albomaculata 

German:

Hufeisenwurm 

English:

Horseshoe Worms 

Category:

Rørorme 

Family tree:

Animalia (Kingdom) > Phoronida (Phylum) > Not assigned (Class) > Not assigned (Order) > Phoronidae (Family) > Phoronopsis (Genus) > albomaculata (Species) 

Initial determination:

Gilchrist, 1907 

Occurrence:

cosmopolitan species 

Sea depth:

1 - 55 Meter 

Size:

0.39" - 0.79" (1,5cm - 2,0cm) 

Temperature:

52.52 °F - 84.2 °F (11.4°C - 29°C) 

Food:

Amphipods, Copepods, Cyclop-Eeze, Filter feeder, Suspension feeder 

Difficulty:

Only for advanced aquarists 

Offspring:

Not available as offspring 

Toxicity:

Toxic hazard unknown 

CITES:

Not evaluated 

Red List:

Not evaluated (NE) 

Related species at
Catalog of Life:

• 
  Phoronopsis albomaculata
  Hufeisenwurm
• 
  Phoronopsis californica
  Kalifornischer Hufeisenwurm, Hufeisenwurm,Goldener Kalifornischer Hufeisenwurm
• 
  Phoronopsis harmeri
  Harmers Hufeisenwurm

 

Author:

Meerwasser-Lexikon Team

Publisher:

Meerwasser-Lexikon.de

Created:

2020-12-09 10:48:50 

Last edit:

2020-12-09 14:21:12 

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