Chloeia flava Golden Fireworm, Bearded Fireworm, Golden Bristle Worm, Peacock Bristle Worm

Chloeia flavais commonly referred to as Golden Fireworm, Bearded Fireworm, Golden Bristle Worm, Peacock Bristle Worm. Difficulty in the aquarium: Not suitable for aquarium keeping. Toxicity: Toxic hazard unknown.

Johnny Braun, Luxemburg

Chloeia flava (Goldener Feuerwurm)

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lexID:: 10113
AphiaID:: 209687

Scientific:: Chloeia flava
German:: Goldener Feuerwurm
English:: Golden Fireworm, Bearded Fireworm, Golden Bristle Worm, Peacock Bristle Worm

Category:: Sea Worms

Family tree:: Animalia (Kingdom) > Annelida (Phylum) > Polychaeta (Class) > Amphinomida (Order) > Amphinomidae (Family) > Chloeia (Genus) > flava (Species)
Initial determination:: (Pallas, ), 1766

Occurrence:: Hong Kong, Africa, China, Galapagos Islands, Indo Pacific, Indonesia, Japan, Lembeh Strait, Mexico (East Pacific), New Caledonia, Pacific Ocean, Peru, Philippines, Red Sea, Singapore, Sri Lanka
Sea depth:: 10 - 638 Meter
Size:: 2.76" - 3.94" (7cm - 10cm)
Temperature:: 46.4 °F - 80.6 °F (8°C - 27°C)
Food:: Cnidaria, Coral polyps = corallivorous, Hydrozoa polyps, Predatory, Sea squirts, Sponges
Difficulty:: Not suitable for aquarium keeping
Offspring:: None
Toxicity:: Toxic hazard unknown

CITES:

Not evaluated

Red List:

Not evaluated (NE)

Related species at Catalog of Life:

Chloeia amphora
Amphoren Feuerborstenwurm
Chloeia australis
Chloeia bengalensis
Chloeia bistriata
Chloeia candida
Chloeia conspicua
Chloeia egena
Chloeia entypa
Chloeia flava
Goldener Feuerwurm
Chloeia furcigera
Chloeia fusca
Dunkle Linien Feuerwurm
Chloeia inermis
Chloeia kudenovi
Chloeia macleayi
Chloeia maculata
Chloeia malaica
Chloeia nuda
Chloeia parva
Chloeia pinnata
Chloeia pseudeuglochis
Chloeia quatrefagesii
Chloeia rosea
Chloeia rupestris
Chloeia tumida
Chloeia venusta
Chloeia violacea
Chloeia viridis
Prunkvoller Feuerwurm

More related species in this lexicon:

Chloeia bemisae
Bemis Feuerwurm

Author:: Meerwasser-Lexikon Team
Publisher:: Meerwasser-Lexikon.de
Created:: 2016-11-06 20:22:47
Last edit:: 2024-03-22 20:02:24

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Chloeia flava (Pallas, 1766)

Chloeia is a genus of marine Polychaeta worms. The body is elliptical,segmented and covered with fin, sharp and venomous whitish calcareous bristles or setae.This hairy-like bristles are sharp and can easily penetrate bare skin.Do not touch bristleworms!

Chloeia flava eats on coral polyps, sponges, anemones, hydroids and tunicates.

Synonymised names:
Amphinome capillata Bruguière, 1789 · unaccepted (superfluous replacement name for...)
Aphrodita flava Pallas, 1766 · unaccepted (superseded original combination)
Chloeia ancora Frickhinger, 1916 · unaccepted (subjective synonym)
Chloeia capillata (Bruguière, 1789) · unaccepted (superseded subsequent combination...)
Chloeia ceylonica Grube, 1874 · unaccepted (subjective synonym)
Chloeia incerta Quatrefages, 1866 · unaccepted (subjective synonym)
Chloeia natalensis Day, 1951 · unaccepted (subjective synonym)
Chloeia zeylonica [auct. misspelling for ceylonica] · unaccepted (subsequent misspelling by Ehlers)
Thesmia flava (Pallas, 1766) · unaccepted (superseded subsequent recombination)

Direct children (1):
Subspecies Chloeia flava pulchella Baird, 1868

External links

SeaLifeBase (en). Abgerufen am 23.10.2022.
Wikipedia (en). Abgerufen am 07.08.2020.

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PN0A8396_Golden Bristle Worm, Fire worm_Chloeia flava 2022

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