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Phoronopsis californica California Horseshoe Worm, Golden Phoronid, California Phoronid

Phoronopsis californica is commonly referred to as California Horseshoe Worm, Golden Phoronid, California Phoronid. Difficulty in the aquarium: Not suitable for aquarium keeping. Toxicity: Toxic hazard unknown.

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lexID:
5787 
AphiaID:
128554 
Scientific:
Phoronopsis californica 
German:
Kalifornischer Hufeisenwurm, Hufeisenwurm,Goldener Kalifornischer Hufeisenwurm 
English:
California Horseshoe Worm, Golden Phoronid, California Phoronid 
Category:
Rørorme 
Family tree:
Animalia (Kingdom) > Phoronida (Phylum) > Not assigned (Class) > Not assigned (Order) > Phoronidae (Family) > Phoronopsis (Genus) > californica (Species) 
Initial determination:
Hilton, 1930 
Occurrence:
Zirkumsubtropisch, Bali, China, Circumtropic, cosmopolitan species, East cost of USA, East-Atlantic Ocean, European Coasts, Florida, Indonesia, Lembeh Strait, Madagascar, Madeira, North Atlantic Ocean, Okinawa, Pacific Ocean, Philippines, Portugal, Spain, Sulawesi, USA, Vietnam, West Africa, West Coast USA, Western Indian Ocean 
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 - 35 Meter 
Habitats:
Seawater, Sea water 
Size:
0.79" - 1.57" (2cm - 4cm) 
Temperature:
46.4 °F - 82.4 °F (8°C - 28°C) 
Food:
Copepods, Filter feeder, Plankton, Suspension feeder 
Difficulty:
Not suitable for aquarium keeping 
Offspring:
Not available as offspring 
Toxicity:
Toxic hazard unknown 
CITES:
Not evaluated 
Red List:
Not evaluated (NE) 
Related species at
Catalog of Life:
 
Author:
Publisher:
Meerwasser-Lexikon.de
Created:
Last edit:
2025-05-15 13:09:49 

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Phoronopsis californica (Hilton, 1930)

Phoronopsis californica is a species of marine horseshoe worm endemic to the coasts of western California and in European waters near Spain and Portugal.

Synonymised names:
Actinotrocha californica Temereva, 2009 (Larval stadium)

External links

  1. First record of Phoronopsis (Phoronida) from Japan, with a description of Phoronopsis californica Hilton, 1930 from Okinawa (en). Abgerufen am 09.10.2024.
  2. Occurrence of Phoronopsis californica and Phoronis australisat Granada Coast (Spain, Western Mediterranean) (en). Abgerufen am 01.02.2021.
  3. SeaLifeBase (multi). Abgerufen am 08.12.2020.
  4. The fauna of the South China Sea include unknown phoronid species: new records of larvae and adults (en). Abgerufen am 01.02.2021.

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