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Nereis vexillosa Clam Worm, Mussel Worm, Pile Worm, Banner Sea-nymph, Pile Worm

Nereis vexillosais commonly referred to as Clam Worm, Mussel Worm, Pile Worm, Banner Sea-nymph, Pile Worm. Difficulty in the aquarium: Not suitable for aquarium keeping. Toxicity: Toxic hazard unknown.

Profilbild Urheber Douglas Mason, USA

Nereis vexillosa (male) HMB 2009


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lexID:
15356 
AphiaID:
329765 
Scientific:
Nereis vexillosa 
German:
Muschelwurm, Pfahl Wurm, 
English:
Clam Worm, Mussel Worm, Pile Worm, Banner Sea-nymph, Pile Worm 
Category:
Sea Worms 
Family tree:
Animalia (Kingdom) > Annelida (Phylum) > Polychaeta (Class) > Phyllodocida (Order) > Nereididae (Family) > Nereis (Genus) > vexillosa (Species) 
Initial determination:
Grube, 1851 
Occurrence:
Arctic (North Polar Sea), Canada , Japan, Kattegat, North Pacific (Ocean), Siberian sea, South-Africa, USA, Yellow 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:
- 36 Meter 
Size:
3.94" - 11.81" (10cm - 30cm) 
Temperature:
°F - 50 °F (°C - 10°C) 
Food:
Algae, omnivore 
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:
  • Nereis abbreviata
  • Nereis abyssa
  • Nereis abyssicola
  • Nereis acustris
  • Nereis aegyptia
  • Nereis alacranensis
  • Nereis albipes
  • Nereis allenae
  • Nereis amoyensis
  • Nereis angelensis
 
More related species
in this lexicon:
 
Author:
Publisher:
Meerwasser-Lexikon.de
Created:
Last edit:
2022-11-13 19:39:35 

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Nereis vexillosa Grube, 1851

Nereis is a genus of polychaete worms in the family Nereididae. It comprises many species, most of which are marine.

Synonymised names:
Heteronereis middendorffi Malmgren, 1865 · unaccepted (subjective synonym)
Mastigonereis spinosa Kinberg, 1865 · unaccepted (subjective synonym)
Nereis arctica Grube, 1851 · unaccepted (subjective synonym)
Nereis ezoensis Izuka, 1912 · unaccepted (subjective synonym)

Scientific paper

  1. Patterns of morphogenesis mediated by dynamic microvilli: Chaetogenesis inNereis vexillosa, Rita M. O'Clair; Richard A. Cloney, 1974
  2. On the Morphology of the Nephridium of Nereis vexillosa Grube, Meredith L. Jones, 1957
  3. Studies on the Life History of the Marine Annelid Nereis Vexillosa, Martin W. Johnson, 1943

External links

  1. Biodiversity of the Centralcoast (en). Abgerufen am 13.11.2022.
  2. EOL (en). Abgerufen am 13.11.2022.
  3. Wikipedia (en). Abgerufen am 13.11.2022.
  4. WoRMS (en). Abgerufen am 13.11.2022.

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Pile worm (Nereis vexillosa),Broughton Archipelago Marine Park, British Columbia 2017
Nereis vexillosa (male) HMB 2009

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