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Paralepidonotus ampulliferus Scale Worm

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


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Paralepidonotus ampulliferus. North Shore, Hauraki, Auckland, New Zealand 2022


Courtesy of the author Javier Couper (Predomalpha), New Zealand Photo taken by Javier Couper. Please visit www.inaturalist.org for more information.

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lexID:
15161 
AphiaID:
209641 
Scientific:
Paralepidonotus ampulliferus 
German:
Schuppenwurm 
English:
Scale Worm 
Category:
Sea Worms 
Family tree:
Animalia (Kingdom) > Annelida (Phylum) > Polychaeta (Class) > Phyllodocida (Order) > Polynoidae (Family) > Paralepidonotus (Genus) > ampulliferus (Species) 
Initial determination:
(Grube, ), 1878 
Occurrence:
Kenya, Mozambique, New Zealand, Red Sea 
Marine Zone:
Subtidal, sublittoral, infralittoral, deep zone of the oceans from the lower limit of the intertidal zone (intertidal) to the shelf edge at about 200 m water depth. neritic. 
Sea depth:
0 - 15 Meter 
Size:
up to 3.94" (10 cm) 
Temperature:
°F - 80.6 °F (°C - 27°C) 
Food:
Carnivore, Crustaceans, Hydrozoa polyps, Invertebrates, Predatory, Sponges, Starfishs, Worms, Zoobenthos 
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:
 
Author:
Publisher:
Meerwasser-Lexikon.de
Created:
Last edit:
2022-09-09 19:39:26 

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Paralepidonotus ampulliferus (Grube, 1878)

Polynoidae is a family of marine Polychaete worms known as scale worms. They are active hunters, but generally dwell in protected environments such as under stones.

The scale worm Paralepidonotus ampulliferus mainly carnivores feeding on sponges, hydroids, other polychaetes, small crustaceans like amphipods, gastropods and echinoderms.

Synonymised names:
Harmothoe ampullifera (Grube) · unaccepted
Harmothoe pseudoampullifera Silva, 1965 · unaccepted (subjective synonym)
Lepidonotus ampulliferus (Grube, 1878) · unaccepted (superseded recombination)
Malmgrenia ampulliferoides Uschakov & Wu, 1959 · unaccepted (subjective synonym)
Paralepidonotus ampullifera (Grube, 1878) · unaccepted (alternate spelling [agreement in...)
Polynoe ampullifera Grube, 1878 · unaccepted (subsequent spelling [agreement in...)

External links

  1. sealifebase.ca (en). Abgerufen am 09.09.2022.
  2. Underwaterkwaj (en). Abgerufen am 09.09.2022.
  3. Wikipedia (en). Abgerufen am 09.09.2022.
  4. WoRMS (en). Abgerufen am 09.09.2022.

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