Sabellaria alveolata Honeycomb Worm

Sabellaria alveolata is commonly referred to as Honeycomb Worm. Difficulty in the aquarium: Not suitable for aquarium keeping. Toxicity: Toxic hazard unknown.

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lexID:

7484 

AphiaID:

130866 

Scientific:

Sabellaria alveolata 

German:

Röhren-Sandkoralle, Sandkoralle, Trichterwurm 

English:

Honeycomb Worm 

Category:

Rørorme 

Family tree:

Animalia (Kingdom) > Annelida (Phylum) > Polychaeta (Class) > Sabellida (Order) > Sabellariidae (Family) > Sabellaria (Genus) > alveolata (Species) 

Initial determination:

(Linnaeus, ), 1767 

Occurrence:

the Black Sea, the North Sea, East-Atlantic Ocean, European Coasts, Germany, Indo Pacific, Ireland, Italy, Morocco, North Atlantic Ocean, Northern Africa, Panama, Scandinavia, the British Isles, The Gulf of Guinea, the Isle of Man, the Mediterranean Sea, Tyrrhenian Sea (Mediterranean Sea), USA 

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 - 26 Meter 

Habitats:

Mudflat, Wadden Sea, Seawater, Sea water 

Size:

1.57" - 2.36" (4cm - 6cm) 

Temperature:

°F - 82.4 °F (°C - 28°C) 

Food:

Copepods, Filter feeder, Organic suspended sediment , Phytoplankton, Plankton, Suspension feeder, Zooplankton 

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:

• Sabellaria alcocki
• 
  Sabellaria alveolata
  Röhren-Sandkoralle, Sandkoralle, Trichterwurm
• Sabellaria bella
• Sabellaria bellani
• Sabellaria bellis
• Sabellaria chandraae
• Sabellaria clava
• Sabellaria corallinea
• Sabellaria eupomatoides
• Sabellaria fissidens
• Sabellaria floridensis
• Sabellaria fosterae
• Sabellaria fucicola
• Sabellaria gilchristi
• Sabellaria gracilis
• Sabellaria grueti
• Sabellaria guinensis
• Sabellaria intoshi
• Sabellaria ishikawai
• Sabellaria isumiensis
• Sabellaria javanica
• Sabellaria jeramae
• Sabellaria kooraltha
• Sabellaria longispina
• Sabellaria lotensis
• Sabellaria lungalla
• Sabellaria magnifica
• Sabellaria marskaae
• Sabellaria minuta
• Sabellaria miryaensis
• Sabellaria moorei
• Sabellaria nanella
• Sabellaria orensanzi
• Sabellaria pectinata
• Sabellaria pyramis
• Sabellaria ranjhi
• 
  Sabellaria spinulosa
  Röhren-Sandkoralle
• Sabellaria taurica
• Sabellaria tottoriensis
• Sabellaria vulgaris
• Sabellaria wilsoni
• Alle anzeigen

 

Author:

Meerwasser-Lexikon Team

Publisher:

Meerwasser-Lexikon.de

Created:

2014-08-30 19:48:56 

Last edit:

2026-10-08 19:18:55 

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