Oxydromus pugettensis Bat star commensal wor

Oxydromus pugettensisis commonly referred to as Bat star commensal wor. Difficulty in the aquarium: Not suitable for aquarium keeping. Toxicity: Toxic hazard unknown.

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Commensal polychaete (Ophiodromus pugettensis) living on bat star (Pillar Point to tank) 2017

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Scientific:: Oxydromus pugettensis
German:: Netzstern-Borstenwurm, Flügelsternwurm
English:: Bat Star Commensal Wor

Category:: Sea Worms

Family tree:: Animalia (Kingdom) > Annelida (Phylum) > Polychaeta (Class) > Phyllodocida (Order) > Hesionidae (Family) > Oxydromus (Genus) > pugettensis (Species)
Initial determination:: (Johnson, ), 1901

Occurrence:: Alaska (Western Atlantic), Canada , Gulf of California, Japan, Mexico (East Pacific), North Pacific (Ocean), Peru, USA
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:: Meter
Size:: 0.79" - 1.97" (2,1cm - 5,0cm)
Food:: Commensalism, Diatoms, Invertebrates, No reliable information available, Zoobenthos
Difficulty:: Not suitable for aquarium keeping
Offspring:: None
Toxicity:: Toxic hazard unknown

CITES:

Appendix III (Individuals or corresponding products from the mentioned country require an export permit, from other countries a certificate of origin is required)

Red List:

Not evaluated (NE)

Related species at Catalog of Life:

Oxydromus adorsosetosus
Oxydromus adspersus
Oxydromus agilis
Oxydromus angolaensis
Oxydromus angustifrons
Oxydromus berrisfordi
Oxydromus brevipodius
Oxydromus bunbuku
Oxydromus constrictus
Oxydromus didymocerus
Oxydromus fauveli
Oxydromus flexuosus
Oxydromus furcatus
Oxydromus guanicus
Oxydromus humesi
Oxydromus lanai
Oxydromus latifrons
Oxydromus limicolus
Oxydromus longicirratus
Oxydromus longifundus
Oxydromus microantennatus
Oxydromus minutus
Oxydromus mutilatus
Oxydromus notospinosus
Oxydromus obscurus
Oxydromus okudai
Oxydromus pallidus
Oxydromus parapallidus
Oxydromus pelagicus
Oxydromus pugettensis
Netzstern-Borstenwurm, Flügelsternwurm
Oxydromus spinapandens
Oxydromus spinosus
Oxydromus viridescens
Oxydromus vittatus

More related species in this lexicon:

Oxydromus sp.01
Borstenwurm

Author:: Meerwasser-Lexikon Team
Publisher:: Meerwasser-Lexikon.de
Created:: 2022-12-30 13:14:14
Last edit:: 2022-12-30 13:14:48

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Oxydromus pugettensis (Johnson, 1901)

Lives commensal on the ambulacral grooves of seastars such as Patiria miniata. Less common seastar hosts include Luidia foliata, Pteraster tesselatus, and Oreaster occidentalis. It may also be found on moon snail shells occupied by hermit crabs.

The Bat star commensal worm eats diatoms, harpactacoid copepods, and other small benthic invertebrates.

Similar to Podarkeopsis bervipalpa, Micropodarke dubia and Kefersteinia cirrata.

Synonymised names:
Ophiodromus pugettensis (Johnson, 1901) · unaccepted (superseded combination)
Podarke pugettensis Johnson, 1901 · unaccepted (superseded original combination)

External links

Invertebrates of the Salish Sea (en). Abgerufen am 30.12.2022.
WoRMS (en). Abgerufen am 30.12.2022.

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