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Amathia verticillata Ctenostome Bryozoan, Bushy bryozoan, spaghetti bryozoan

Amathia verticillatais commonly referred to as Ctenostome Bryozoan, Bushy bryozoan, spaghetti bryozoan. Difficulty in the aquarium: Not suitable for aquarium keeping. Toxicity: Toxic hazard unknown.

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Ctenostome bryozoan, Zoobotryon verticillatum.2017


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lexID:
14004 
AphiaID:
851581 
Scientific:
Amathia verticillata 
German:
Spaghetti-Moostierchen, Sauerkraut Grass, Spaghetti Bryozoan 
English:
Ctenostome Bryozoan, Bushy Bryozoan, Spaghetti Bryozoan 
Category:
Bryozoa 
Family tree:
Animalia (Kingdom) > Bryozoa (Phylum) > Gymnolaemata (Class) > Ctenostomatida (Order) > Vesiculariidae (Family) > Amathia (Genus) > verticillata (Species) 
Initial determination:
(delle Chiaje, ), 1822 
Occurrence:
Vereinigte Arabische Emirate, Adriatic Sea (Mediterranean), Argentina, Australia, Azores, Belize, Bermuda, Brazil, China, Columbia, Corea, Cyprus, Eastern Indian Ocean, Eastern Pacific Ocean, European Coasts, Florida, France, Galapagos Islands, Greece, Gulf of Bengal / Bay of Bengal, Gulf of California, Gulf of Mexico, Hawaii, India, Indian Ocean, Invasive Species, Ionian Sea (Mediterranean), Italy, Japan, Madeira, Malta, New Zealand, North Atlantic Ocean, Pakistan, Panama, Portugal, Senegal, South-Pazific, Spain, The Aegan Sea (Mediterranean), the Caribbean, the Mediterranean Sea, Turkey, USA, West Coast USA, West-Atlantic Ocean, Western Australia 
Sea depth:
0 - 22 Meter 
Size:
up to 78.74" (200 cm) 
Temperature:
°F - 84.2 °F (°C - 29°C) 
Food:
Filter feeder 
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:
  • Amathia acervata
  • Amathia aegyptiana
  • Amathia aggregata
  • Amathia alternata
  • Amathia antarctica
  • Amathia arctica
  • Amathia biseriata
  • Amathia brasiliensis
  • Amathia brongniartii
  • Amathia citrina
 
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Publisher:
Meerwasser-Lexikon.de
Created:
Last edit:
2022-06-26 17:33:08 

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Amathia verticillata (delle Chiaje, 1822)

Amathia verticillata is an erect, soft-bodied bryozoan. These mossaniimal was first described from the Mediterranean Sea and now widespread in tropical, subtropical, and warm-temperate waters around the world. Its invader in California, Hawaiii, Australia, New Zealand, South Korea, the Galapagos, the Azores, and Madeira.

This bryozoan is found on wood, rock, vegetation, including eelgrass, shells, and man-made structures. Colonies of Amathia verticillata have had negative impacts by clogging shrimp fishing gear, fouling cultured pearl oysters, and overgrowing and killing eelgrass.

Synonymised names:
Hyalosiphonia verticillatus (Delle Chiaje, 1822) (synonym)
Hydra verticillata Delle Chiaje, 1822 (basionym)
Serialaria coutinhii Muller, 1860 (Subjective synonym)
Zoobotryon pellucidus Ehrenberg, 1829 (junior subjective synonym)
Zoobotryon verticillatum (Delle Chiaje, 1822) (Generic synonym)

External links

  1. Amathia verticillata (Bryozoa, Ctenostomata) at the coast of Senegal (en). Abgerufen am 26.06.2022.
  2. First occurrence of the non-indigenous bryozoan Amathia verticillata (della Chiaje, 1882) at the Hab river mouth in Pakistan (en). Abgerufen am 26.06.2022.
  3. First record of the non-indigenous bryozoan Amathia verticillata (delle Chiaje, 1822) (Bryozoa, Vesiculariidae) in the southern Mexican Pacific (en). Abgerufen am 26.06.2022.
  4. First record of the non-native bryozoan Amathia (= Zoobotryon) verticillata (delle Chiaje, 1822) (Ctenostomata) in the Galápagos Islands (en). Abgerufen am 26.06.2022.
  5. invasions.si.edu (en). Abgerufen am 16.07.2021.
  6. Smithsonian Environmental Research Center's National Estuarine and Marine Exotic Species Information System (NEMESIS) (en). Abgerufen am 26.06.2022.
  7. Wikipedia (de). Abgerufen am 16.07.2021.
  8. Wikipedia (en). Abgerufen am 16.07.2021.
  9. WoRMS (en). Abgerufen am 16.07.2021.

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bhb 18 P9170636a,Bryozoan, Amathia verticillata with nudibranch eggs 2018
Ctenostome bryozoan, Zoobotryon verticillatum.2017

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