Sabellaria spinulosa Ross worm

Sabellaria spinulosais commonly referred to as Ross worm. Difficulty in the aquarium: Not suitable for home aquaria!. Toxicity: Toxic hazard unknown.

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Scientific:: Sabellaria spinulosa
German:: Röhren-Sandkoralle
English:: Ross Worm

Category:: Feather Duster Worms

Family tree:: Animalia (Kingdom) > Annelida (Phylum) > Polychaeta (Class) > Sabellida (Order) > Sabellariidae (Family) > Sabellaria (Genus) > spinulosa (Species)
Initial determination:: (Leuckart, ), 1849

Occurrence:: European Coasts, Galapagos Islands, Germany, Iceland, Ireland, Mexico (East Pacific), Peru, Portugal, the British Isles, the Mediterranean Sea
Sea depth:: 10 - 50 Meter
Size:: 0.79" - 1.18" (2,5cm - 3cm)
Temperature:: °F - 82.4 °F (°C - 28°C)
Food:: Filter feeder, Phytoplankton, Suspension feeder, Zooplankton
Difficulty:: Not suitable for home aquaria!
Offspring:: Not available as offspring
Toxicity:: Toxic hazard unknown

CITES:

Not evaluated

Red List:

Not evaluated (NE)

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Author:: Meerwasser-Lexikon Team
Publisher:: Meerwasser-Lexikon.de
Created:: 2014-09-01 19:09:29
Last edit:: 2021-05-02 21:32:58

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(Leuckart, 1849)

Synonyms:
Alveolaria lumbricalis Leach in Johnston, 1865
Hermella ostrearia Frey & Leuckart, 1847
Hermella spinulosa Leuckart, 1849
Sabellaria lumbricalis [auct.]
Sabellaria spinulosa bahusiensis Johansson, 1927
Sabellaria spinulosa ensifera McIntosh, 1913

Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Annelida (Phylum) > Polychaeta (Class) > Sedentaria (Subclass) > Canalipalpata (Infraclass) > Sabellida (Order) > Sabellariidae (Family) > Sabellaria (Genus)

Scientific paper

Maintaining turbidity and current flow in laboratory aquarium studies, a case study using Sabellaria spinulosa, Andrew J. Davies; Kim S. Last; Karl Attard; Vicki J. Hendrick, 2009
Effects of shrimp fisheries on reefs of Sabellaria spinulosa (Polychaeta), Vorberg, R, 2000
Der Einfluss von Giften auf die zur Meiose führenden Stoffwechselvorgänge beiSabellaria spinulosa, H. Stich, 1954
Bewegungsstudien an den Larven von Sabellaria spinulosa Leuck, Hans Kalmus, 1931

External links

Homepage Bundesamt für Naturschutz (de). Abgerufen am 07.08.2020.
Marine Species Identification Portal (en) (Archive.org). Abgerufen am 07.08.2020.
MarLIN - The Marine Life Information Network (en). Abgerufen am 07.08.2020.
SeaLifeBase (multi). Abgerufen am 07.08.2020.
World Register of Marine Species (WoRMS) (en). Abgerufen am 07.08.2020.

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