Aphrodita aculeata sea mouse,scaleworm

Aphrodita aculeatais commonly referred to as sea mouse,scaleworm. Difficulty in the aquarium: Not suitable for home aquaria!. Toxicity: Toxic hazard unknown.

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lexID:: 6851
AphiaID:: 129840

Scientific:: Aphrodita aculeata
German:: Seemaus, Schuppenwurm
English:: Sea Mouse,scaleworm

Category:: Sea Worms

Family tree:: Animalia (Kingdom) > Annelida (Phylum) > Polychaeta (Class) > Phyllodocida (Order) > Aphroditidae (Family) > Aphrodita (Genus) > aculeata (Species)
Initial determination:: Linnaeus, 1758

Occurrence:: the Baltic Sea, the North Sea, East-Atlantic Ocean, North Atlantic Ocean, the British Isles, the Mediterranean Sea, West-Atlantic Ocean
Size:: 3.94" - 7.87" (10cm - 20cm)
Temperature:: 50 °F - 77 °F (10°C - 25°C)
Food:: Algae, Detritus, Predatory
Difficulty:: Not suitable for home aquaria!
Offspring:: None
Toxicity:: Toxic hazard unknown

CITES:

Not evaluated

Red List:

Not evaluated (NE)

Related species at Catalog of Life:

Aphrodita abyssalis
Aphrodita aculeata
Seemaus, Schuppenwurm
Aphrodita acuminata
Aphrodita alta
Aphrodita aphroditoides
Aphrodita armifera
Aphrodita australis
Aphrodita bamarookis
Aphrodita bisetosa
Aphrodita brevitentaculata
Aphrodita daiyumaruae
Aphrodita decipiens
Aphrodita defendens
Aphrodita diplops
Aphrodita falcifera
Aphrodita floresiana
Aphrodita goolmarris
Aphrodita hastata
Aphrodita japonica
Aphrodita kulmaris
Aphrodita limosa
Aphrodita longicornis
Aphrodita longipalpa
Aphrodita macroculata
Aphrodita magellanica
Aphrodita malayana
Aphrodita malkaris
Aphrodita maorica
Aphrodita marombis
Aphrodita mexicana
Aphrodita negligens
Aphrodita nipponensis
Aphrodita obtecta
Aphrodita parva
Aphrodita perarmata
Aphrodita refulgida
Aphrodita rossi
Aphrodita sibogae
Aphrodita sondaica
Aphrodita sonorae
Aphrodita talpa
Aphrodita terraereginae
Aphrodita tosaensis
Aphrodita watasei

Author:: Meerwasser-Lexikon Team
Publisher:: Meerwasser-Lexikon.de
Created:: 2014-03-08 17:21:36
Last edit:: 2014-03-08 17:21:36

Info

Aphrodita aculeata Linnaeus, 1758

Aphrodita aculeata is a scaleworm and grows up to 20 cm in length.The worm have around 40 segments and is Aphrodita aculeata is a scaleworm and grows up to 20 cm in length.The worm have around 40 segments and is covered with bristles.The lot of bristles are shimmers in rainbow colors.Aphrodita aculeata is hairy shaped (sea mouse).

This scale worm lives in muddy sand to depths of over 1000 m.After storms, you can found this species on shores..The lot of bristles are iridescent in rainbow colors.Aphrodita aculeata is hairy shaped (sea mouse).

This scale worm lives in muddy sand to depths of over 1000 m.After storms, you can found this species on shores.

Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Annelida (Phylum) > Polychaeta (Class) > Errantia (Subclass) >Phyllodocida (Order) > Aphroditiformia (Suborder) > Aphroditidae (Family) > Aphrodita (Genus)

Scientific paper

On the feeding habits of Aphrodita aculeata and commensal polynoids, Mettam, C., 1980

External links

Homepage von Anne Frijsinger & Mat Vestjens (multi). Abgerufen am 07.08.2020.
MarLIN – The Marine Life Information Network (en). Abgerufen am 07.08.2020.
Wikipedia (de). Abgerufen am 07.08.2020.
Wikipedia (en). Abgerufen am 07.08.2020.
World Register of Marine Species (WoRMS) (en). Abgerufen am 07.08.2020.

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Aphrodita aculeata © Anne Frijsinger & Mat Vestjens, Holland,Bild aus der Adria

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