Phoronopsis californica California Horseshoe Worm, Golden Phoronid, California Phoronid

Phoronopsis californicais commonly referred to as California Horseshoe Worm, Golden Phoronid, California Phoronid. Difficulty in the aquarium: Not for beginners. Toxicity: Toxic hazard unknown.

Pauline Walsh Jacobson, USA

California Horseshoe Worm, Phoronopsis californica, 2018

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lexID:: 5787
AphiaID:: 128554

Scientific:: Phoronopsis californica
German:: Kalifornischer Hufeisenwurm, Hufeisenwurm,Goldener Kalifornischer Hufeisenwurm
English:: California Horseshoe Worm, Golden Phoronid, California Phoronid

Category:: Feather Duster Worms

Family tree:: Animalia (Kingdom) > Phoronida (Phylum) > Not assigned (Class) > Not assigned (Order) > Phoronidae (Family) > Phoronopsis (Genus) > californica (Species)
Initial determination:: Hilton, 1930

Occurrence:: Zirkumsubtropisch, Bali, Circumtropic, cosmopolitan species, East cost of USA, East-Atlantic Ocean, Florida, Indonesia, Lembeh Strait, Madagascar, Madeira, Philippines, Portugal, Spain, Sulawesi, Vietnam, West Africa, West Coast USA, Western Indian Ocean
Sea depth:: 0 - 35 Meter
Size:: 0.79" - 19.69" (2cm - 50cm)
Temperature:: 46.4 °F - 75.2 °F (8°C - 24°C)
Food:: Copepods, Filter feeder, Plankton, Suspension feeder
Difficulty:: Not for beginners
Offspring:: Not available as offspring
Toxicity:: Toxic hazard unknown

CITES:

Not evaluated

Red List:

Not evaluated (NE)

Related species at Catalog of Life:

Author:: Meerwasser-Lexikon Team
Publisher:: Meerwasser-Lexikon.de
Created:: 2013-07-22 00:30:45
Last edit:: 2021-02-01 20:46:44

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Phoronopsis californica (Hilton, 1930)

Phoronopsis californica is a species of marine horseshoe worm endemic to the coasts of western California and in European waters near Spain and Portugal.

Synonymised names:
Actinotrocha californica Temereva, 2009 (Larval stadium)

External links

Flickr Homepage Douglas Klug ( divindk) (en). Abgerufen am 08.12.2020.
Homepage Keoki Stender (multi). Abgerufen am 01.02.2021.
Occurrence of Phoronopsis californica and Phoronis australisat Granada Coast (Spain, Western Mediterranean) (en). Abgerufen am 01.02.2021.
Paleopolis (en). Abgerufen am 09.12.2020.
SeaLifeBase (multi). Abgerufen am 08.12.2020.
Ten invertebrates new for the marine fauna of Madeira (en). Abgerufen am 01.02.2021.
The fauna of the South China Sea include unknown phoronid species: new records of larvae and adults (en). Abgerufen am 01.02.2021.
Tropical Reefs (en). Abgerufen am 01.02.2021.
World Register of Marine Species (WoRMS) (en). Abgerufen am 07.08.2020.

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California Horseshoe Worm, Phoronopsis californica, 2018

California Horseshoe Worm, Phoronopsis californica,2019

Foto. Madeira, Östlicher Atlantischer Ozean

Phoronopsis californica, California Phoronid, 2020

Phoronopsis californica, California Phoronid,2015

California Horseshoe Worm, Phoronopsis californica, Florida USA 2019

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