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Sabella pavonina peacock worm

Sabella pavoninais commonly referred to as 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.


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Sabella pavonina (c) by Alexander Semenov


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lexID:
3832 
AphiaID:
130967 
Scientific:
Sabella pavonina 
German:
Pfauenfederwurm 
English:
Peacock Worm 
Category:
Feather Duster Worms 
Family tree:
Animalia (Kingdom) > Annelida (Phylum) > Polychaeta (Class) > Sabellida (Order) > Sabellidae (Family) > Sabella (Genus) > pavonina (Species) 
Initial determination:
Savigny, 1822 
Occurrence:
the Black Sea, the North Sea, Arctic (North Polar Sea), East-Atlantic Ocean, European Coasts, Kattegat, New Caledonia, North Atlantic Ocean, Scandinavia, Skagerrak, South-Africa, the British Isles, The Gulf of Guinea, the Isle of Man, the Mediterranean Sea, The Shetland Islands (Scotland), West Africa 
Sea depth:
0 - 350 Meter 
Size:
1.57" - 11.81" (4cm - 30cm) 
Temperature:
°F - 82.4 °F (°C - 28°C) 
Food:
Filter feeder, Zooplankton 
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 
CITES:
Not evaluated 
Red List:
Not evaluated (NE) 
Related species at
Catalog of Life:
  • Sabella aculeata
  • Sabella amaeana
  • Sabella ammonita
  • Sabella arenaria
  • Sabella arundinacea
  • Sabella brevibarbis
  • Sabella calamus
  • Sabella chloraema
  • Sabella clavata
  • Sabella compressa
 
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in this lexicon:
 
Author:
Publisher:
Meerwasser-Lexikon.de
Created:
Last edit:
2021-12-21 20:43:07 

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Sabella pavonina Savigny, 1820

The peacock worm (Sabella pavonina) is a marine polychaete worm belonging to the family Sabellidae. It occurs along the coasts of Western Europe and the Mediterranean. It is found in shallow, tidal waters with a bed of mud, sand or gravel.

The body can be yellowish-orange or greyish purple in colour and the crown is banded in various colours.

Synonymised names:
Sabella longibranchiata Quatrefages, 1866 (subjective synonym)
Sabella pavonia [auct. lapsus] (misspelling for pavonina)
Sabella pavonia bicoronata Hornell, 1891 (subjective synonym)
Sabella sarsi [auct. misspelling] (incorrect subsequent spelling)
Sabella sarsii Krøyer, 1856 (subjective synonym)
Scolopendra majore,tubularia Baster, 1760 (non-binominal name, and an annelid)
Spirographis brevispira Quatrefages, 1866 (subjective synonym)
Spirographis spallanzanii brevispira Quatrefages, 1866 (superseded combination of subjective synonym)

Direct children (1):
Subspecies Sabella pavonina abyssorum Roule, 1896

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