Hydractinia echinata Snailfur, Rough Hydroid, Snail Fur Hydroid

Hydractinia echinata is commonly referred to as Snailfur, Rough Hydroid, Snail Fur Hydroid. Difficulty in the aquarium: Not suitable for home aquaria!. Toxicity: Toxic hazard unknown.

Profile

lexID:

6374 

AphiaID:

117644 

Scientific:

Hydractinia echinata 

German:

Stachelpolyp, Hydroidpolyp 

English:

Snailfur, Rough Hydroid, Snail Fur Hydroid 

Category:

 

Family tree:

Animalia (Kingdom) > Cnidaria (Phylum) > Hydrozoa (Class) > Anthoathecata (Order) > Hydractiniidae (Family) > Hydractinia (Genus) > echinata (Species) 

Initial determination:

(Fleming, ), 1828 

Occurrence:

the Baltic Sea, the North Sea, Arctic (North Polar Sea), Canada Eastern Pacific, East-Atlantic Ocean, European Coasts, Gulf of Maine, Gulf of Mexico, North Atlantic Ocean, Northern Africa, Norway, Portugal, Red Sea, Spain, the British Isles, the Mediterranean Sea, USA, West Africa 

Sea depth:

0 - 662 Meter 

Size:

0.2" - 0.51" (0.5cm - 1.3cm) 

Temperature:

1,6 °F - 12,2 °F (1,6°C - 12,2°C) 

Food:

Carnivore, Detritus, Plankton 

Difficulty:

Not suitable for home aquaria! 

Offspring:

Not available as offspring 

Toxicity:

Toxic hazard unknown 

CITES:

Not evaluated 

Red List:

Not evaluated (NE) 

Related species at
Catalog of Life:

• Hydractinia aculeata
• Hydractinia aggregata
• Hydractinia altispina
• Hydractinia anechinata
• Hydractinia angusta
• Hydractinia apicata
• Hydractinia arctica
• Hydractinia arge
• Hydractinia armata
• Hydractinia bayeri
• Hydractinia betkensis
• Hydractinia brachyurae
• Hydractinia californica
• Hydractinia canalifera
• Hydractinia carica
• Hydractinia carolinae
• Hydractinia constrictura
• Hydractinia cryptogonia
• Hydractinia cytaeiformis
• Hydractinia denhami
• Hydractinia diogenes
• Hydractinia disjuncta
• Hydractinia dongshanensis
• 
  Hydractinia echinata
  Stachelpolyp, Hydroidpolyp
• Hydractinia epidocleensis
• Hydractinia epispongia
• Hydractinia gorgonoides
• Hydractinia granulata
• Hydractinia guangxiensis
• Hydractinia hancocki
• Hydractinia inabai
• Hydractinia ingolfi
• Hydractinia kaffraria
• Hydractinia laevispina
• Hydractinia longispina
• Hydractinia mar
• Hydractinia marsupialia
• Hydractinia michaelseni
• Hydractinia minoi
• Hydractinia moniliformis
• Hydractinia monocarpa
• Hydractinia monoon
• Hydractinia multispina
• Hydractinia multitentaculata
• Hydractinia munita
• Hydractinia nagaoensis
• Hydractinia novaezelandiae
• Hydractinia ocellata
• Hydractinia otagoensis
• Hydractinia pacifica
• Hydractinia parvispina
• Hydractinia paucispinata
• Hydractinia phialiformis
• Hydractinia phyllosoma
• Hydractinia piscicola
• Hydractinia polycarpa
• Hydractinia polyclina
• Hydractinia polytentaculata
• Hydractinia proboscidea
• Hydractinia prolifica
• Hydractinia promiscua
• Hydractinia quadrigemina
• Hydractinia recurvatus
• Hydractinia rugosa
• Hydractinia sandrae
• Hydractinia sarsii
• Hydractinia spinipapillaris
• Hydractinia spiralis
• Hydractinia symbiolongicarpus
• Hydractinia symbiopollicaris
• Hydractinia taiwanensis
• Hydractinia uniformis
• Hydractinia valens
• Hydractinia vallini
• Hydractinia verdi
• Hydractinia yerii
• Alle anzeigen

 

Author:

Meerwasser-Lexikon Team

Publisher:

Meerwasser-Lexikon.de

Created:

2013-11-08 19:10:51 

Last edit:

2023-12-09 20:03:39 

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