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Heteropora pacifica Northern Staghorn Bryozoan

Heteropora pacificais commonly referred to as Northern Staghorn Bryozoan. Difficulty in the aquarium: Not suitable for aquarium keeping. Toxicity: Toxic hazard unknown.

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lexID:
13047 
AphiaID:
718279 
Scientific:
Heteropora pacifica 
German:
Nördliches Geweih-Moostierchen 
English:
Northern Staghorn Bryozoan 
Category:
Bryozoa 
Family tree:
Animalia (Kingdom) > Bryozoa (Phylum) > Stenolaemata (Class) > Cyclostomatida (Order) > Heteroporidae (Family) > Heteropora (Genus) > pacifica (Species) 
Initial determination:
Borg, 1933 
Occurrence:
Canada , Gulf of Alaska (Pacific), Northeast Pacific Ocean, USA 
Sea depth:
1 - 27 Meter 
Size:
up to 3.94" (10 cm) 
Temperature:
°F - 59 °F (°C - 15°C) 
Food:
Protozoa, 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:
  • Heteropora alaskensis
  • Heteropora chilensis
  • Heteropora japonica
  • Heteropora urupae
 
More related species
in this lexicon:
 
Author:
Publisher:
Meerwasser-Lexikon.de
Created:
Last edit:
2020-05-28 20:02:09 

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Heteropora pacifica Borg, 1933

An erect bryozoan colony of inflexible rounded branches up to 5 mm in diameter, often yellowish-green to gray in color, occasionally with lighter or pinkish tips. Colony height to 10 cm.

Similar Species: Heteropora magna (usually colored gray-purple) and Heteropora alaskensis (fgrows to only 1.6 cm high and has branches 2 mm in diameter).

Northern Staghorn Bryozoan is a suspension feeder. The diet includes zooplankton.

External links

  1. Encyclodedia of Life (EOL) (multi). Abgerufen am 07.08.2020.
  2. Invertebrates of the Salish Sea (en). Abgerufen am 07.08.2020.
  3. World Register of Marine Species (WoRMS) (en). Abgerufen am 07.08.2020.

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