Sabella discifera Slender peacock worm

Sabella disciferais commonly referred to as Slender peacock worm. Difficulty in the aquarium: There are no reports available yet that this animal has already been kept in captivity successfully. Toxicity: Toxic hazard unknown.

Anne Frijsinger & Mat Vestjens, Holland

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lexID:: 13373
AphiaID:: 130964

Scientific:: Sabella discifera
German:: Röhrenwurm
English:: Slender Peacock Worm

Category:: Feather Duster Worms

Family tree:: Animalia (Kingdom) > Annelida (Phylum) > Polychaeta (Class) > Sabellida (Order) > Sabellidae (Family) > Sabella (Genus) > discifera (Species)
Initial determination:: Grube, 1874

Occurrence:: the North Sea, Adriatic Sea (Mediterranean), Balearic Islands, Bay of Biscay, Bermuda, Croatia, East cost of USA, English Channel, European Coasts, France, Greece, Greenland, Ireland, Italy, Labrador Península, Newfoundland, Portugal, Spain, The Aegan Sea (Mediterranean), the British Isles, The Shetland Islands (Scotland)
Sea depth:: 0 - 110 Meter
Size:: 5,2 cm
Temperature:: 41 °F - 77 °F (5°C - 25°C)
Food:: Rotifers (Rotifera), Amphipods, Copepods, Filter feeder, Protozoa, Suspension feeder, Zoobenthos
Difficulty:: There are no reports available yet that this animal has already been kept in captivity successfully
Offspring:: Not available as offspring
Toxicity:: Toxic hazard unknown