Lepidonotus oculatus Scale Worm

Lepidonotus oculatusis commonly referred to as Scale Worm. Difficulty in the aquarium: Not suitable for aquarium keeping. Toxicity: Toxic hazard unknown.

Scott & Jeanette Johnson, Kwajalein Unterwater

Lepidonotus oculatus Baird,1865,40mm

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lexID:: 13311
AphiaID:: 328805

Scientific:: Lepidonotus oculatus
German:: Schuppenwurm
English:: Scale Worm

Category:: Sea Worms

Family tree:: Animalia (Kingdom) > Annelida (Phylum) > Polychaeta (Class) > Phyllodocida (Order) > Polynoidae (Family) > Lepidonotus (Genus) > oculatus (Species)
Initial determination:: Baird, 1865

Occurrence:: Australia, Coral sea (Eastern Australia), Indian Ocean, Marschall Islands, Tasmania (Australia)
Sea depth:: 0 - 80 Meter
Size:: 1.57" - 3.94" (4cm - 10cm)
Temperature:: °F - 68 °F (°C - 20°C)
Food:: Carnivore
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:

Lepidonotus adspersus
Lepidonotus aeololepis
Lepidonotus albopustulatus
Lepidonotus ambigua
Lepidonotus angustus
Lepidonotus antillarum
Lepidonotus arenosus
Lepidonotus austera
Lepidonotus australiensis
Lepidonotus australis
Lepidonotus banksi
Lepidonotus bicornis
Lepidonotus bowerbanki
Lepidonotus brasiliensis
Lepidonotus braziliensis
Lepidonotus brevicornis
Lepidonotus brunneus
Lepidonotus caelorus
Lepidonotus caeruleus
Lepidonotus carinulatus
Lepidonotus cirratus
Lepidonotus citrifrons
Lepidonotus clava
Lepidonotus cristatus
Lepidonotus crosslandi
Lepidonotus cryptocephalus
Lepidonotus durbanensis
Lepidonotus elongatus
Lepidonotus fiordlandicus
Lepidonotus furcillatus
Lepidonotus fusicirrus
Lepidonotus glaber
Lepidonotus glaucus
Lepidonotus hainanicus
Lepidonotus havaicus
Lepidonotus hedleyi
Lepidonotus helotypus
Lepidonotus hermenioides
Lepidonotus heterosetosus
Lepidonotus hupferi
Lepidonotus impatiens
Lepidonotus jacksoni
Lepidonotus javanicus
Lepidonotus lacteus
Lepidonotus lissolepis
Lepidonotus magnatuberculata
Lepidonotus malayanus
Lepidonotus margaritaceus
Lepidonotus melanogrammus
Dunkel-gemusterter Schuppenwurm
Lepidonotus nesophilus
Lepidonotus oculatus
Schuppenwurm
Lepidonotus onisciformis
Lepidonotus panamensis
Lepidonotus pellucidus
Lepidonotus permixturus
Lepidonotus polychromus
Lepidonotus purpureus
Lepidonotus pustulatus
Lepidonotus rossii
Lepidonotus ruber
Lepidonotus sagamianus
Lepidonotus salvati
Lepidonotus savignyi
Lepidonotus scanlandi
Lepidonotus scoticensis
Lepidonotus semisculptus
Lepidonotus semitectus
Lepidonotus setosior
Lepidonotus simplicipes
Lepidonotus spiculus
Lepidonotus spinosus
Lepidonotus squamatus
Schuppenwurm
Lepidonotus stellatus
Lepidonotus stephensoni
Lepidonotus sublevis
Lepidonotus suluensis
Lepidonotus tenuisetosus
Lepidonotus tomentosus
Lepidonotus torresiensis
Lepidonotus vandersandei
Lepidonotus variabilis
Lepidonotus wahlbergi
Lepidonotus willeyi
Lepidonotus yorkianus

More related species in this lexicon:

Author:: Meerwasser-Lexikon Team
Publisher:: Meerwasser-Lexikon.de
Created:: 2020-10-16 14:57:26
Last edit:: 2020-10-16 15:06:11

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Lepidonotus oculatus Baird, 1865

Lepidonotus is a genus of marine annelids in the family Polynoidae (scale worms). The genus occurs globally and includes 80 species, usually found in shallow waters down to about 80m.

Lepidonotus oculatus yellow to yellowish with brown spots. This scale worm is carnivore.

Direct children (1):
Subspecies Lepidonotus oculatus echinatus Potts, 1910

External links

Atlas of Livinge Australia (en). Abgerufen am 16.10.2020.
EOL (en). Abgerufen am 16.10.2020.
underwaterkwaj.com (en). Abgerufen am 16.10.2020.
WoRMS (en). Abgerufen am 16.10.2020.

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