Ectopleura crocea Pink Mouth Hydroid

Ectopleura crocea is commonly referred to as Pink Mouth Hydroid. Difficulty in the aquarium: Not suitable for aquarium keeping. Toxicity: Toxic hazard unknown.

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Ectopleura crocea.2018

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lexID:: 6327
AphiaID:: 117981

Scientific:: Ectopleura crocea
German:: Rosamund Röhrenpolyp
English:: Pink Mouth Hydroid

Category:

Family tree:: Animalia (Kingdom) > Cnidaria (Phylum) > Hydrozoa (Class) > Anthoathecata (Order) > Tubulariidae (Family) > Ectopleura (Genus) > crocea (Species)
Initial determination:: (Agassiz, ), 1862

Occurrence:: the North Sea, Alaska (Western Atlantic), Australia, Azores, Bass Strait, Bering Sea, Canada Eastern Pacific, European Coasts, Gulf of Mexico, Indian Ocean, Israel, Italy, New Zealand, North Atlantic Ocean, North Pacific (Ocean), Portugal, South Atlantic, South-Africa, South-Pazific, the British Isles, the Caribbean, The Gulf of Guinea, the Mediterranean Sea, USA
Sea depth:: 1 - 197 Meter
Size:: up to 0.39" (1 cm)
Temperature:: 42.8 °F - 75.2 °F (6°C - 24°C)
Food:: Carnivore, Detritus, Invertebrates, Plankton
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:

Ectopleura americana
Ectopleura antarctica
Ectopleura apicisacciformis
Ectopleura atentaculata
Ectopleura attenoides
Ectopleura betheris
Ectopleura crassocanalis
Ectopleura crocea
Rosamund Röhrenpolyp
Ectopleura dumortierii
Röhrenpolyp
Ectopleura elongata
Ectopleura exxonia
Ectopleura gemmifera
Ectopleura grandis
Ectopleura guangdongensis
Ectopleura indica
Ectopleura integra
Ectopleura japonica
Ectopleura larynx
Ring-Röhrenpolyp, Blüten-Röhrenpolyp
Ectopleura latitaeniata
Ectopleura marina
Röhrenpolyp
Ectopleura mayeri
Ectopleura media
Ectopleura minerva
Ectopleura multicirrata
Ectopleura nanhaiensis
Ectopleura obypa
Ectopleura radiata
Ectopleura sacculifera
Ectopleura triangularis
Ectopleura venusta
Ectopleura viridis
Ectopleura wrighti
Ectopleura xiamenensis
Ectopleura xuxuanii

Author:: Meerwasser-Lexikon Team
Publisher:: Meerwasser-Lexikon.de
Created:: 2013-11-02 10:13:59
Last edit:: 2020-01-26 10:26:49

Info

Ectopleura crocea (Agassiz, 1862)

Tubularia is a genus of hydroids that appear to be furry pink tufts or balls at the end of long strings, thus causing them to be sometimes be called "pink-mouthed" or "pink-hearted" hydroids.

Predator: Rickett’s Aeolis Catriona rickettsi.

Synonymised names:
Ectopleura ralphi (Bale, 1884) (synonym)
Ectopleura warreni (Ewer, 1953) (synonym)
Parypha crocea L. Agassiz, 1862 (basionym)
Pinauay ralphi (Bale, 1884) (unaccepted combination)
Tubularia australis Stechow, 1924 (synonym)
Tubularia crocea (Agassiz, 1862) (genus transfer)
Tubularia gracilis von Lendenfeld, 1885 (synonym and invalid name as homonym of Tubularia gracilis Harvey, 1836)
Tubularia mesembryanthemum Allman, 1871 (synonym)
Tubularia polycarpa Allman, 1971 (synonym)
Tubularia Ralphi Bale, 1884 (synonym)
Tubularia sagamia Stechow, 1908 (possible synonym)
Tubularia warreni Ewer, 1953 (synonym)

External links

invasions.si.edu (en). Abgerufen am 07.08.2020.
Prof. Dr. Peter Wirtz auf Medslugs (multi) (Archive.org). Abgerufen am 07.08.2020.
SeaLifeBase (multi). Abgerufen am 07.08.2020.
World Register of Marine Species (WoRMS) (en). Abgerufen am 07.08.2020.

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Ectopleura crocea (c) by Prof. Dr. Peter Wirtz

Ectopleura sp., Solitary Pink-Mouth Hydroid,2021

Bushy Pink-Mouth Hydroid (Ectopleura crocea),Morro Bay Docks 2014

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