Myxicola aesthetica Petit slime-tube feather-duster

Myxicola aesthetica is commonly referred to as Petit slime-tube feather-duster. 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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lexID:

13372 

AphiaID:

130931 

Scientific:

Myxicola aesthetica 

German:

Schlicksabelle, Schleimröhrenwurm 

English:

Petit Slime-tube Feather-duster 

Category:

Rurówki 

Family tree:

Animalia (Kingdom) > Annelida (Phylum) > Polychaeta (Class) > Sabellida (Order) > Sabellidae (Family) > Myxicola (Genus) > aesthetica (Species) 

Initial determination:

(Claparède, ), 1870 

Occurrence:

the North Sea, Adriatic Sea (Mediterranean), Bay of Biscay, Canada Eastern Pacific, East-Atlantic Ocean, English Channel, Ireland, Northeast Pacific Ocean, Portugal, Spain, the British Isles, the Mediterranean Sea, The Shetland Islands (Scotland), West Coast USA 

Sea depth:

0 - 338 Meter 

Size:

0.79" - 1.57" (2,6cm - 4cm) 

Temperature:

44.6 °F - 78.8 °F (7°C - 26°C) 

Food:

Rotifers (Rotifera), Amphipods, Carnivore, Copepods, Daphnia salina, Filter feeder, Protozoa, Suspension 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:

• 
  Myxicola aesthetica
  Schlicksabelle, Schleimröhrenwurm
• Myxicola fauveli
• 
  Myxicola infundibulum
  Schlicksabelle
• Myxicola ommatophora
• Myxicola sarsi
• Myxicola sulcata
• Myxicola violacea

 

More related species
in this lexicon:

• 
  Myxicola sp. 01
  Röhrenwurm

 

Author:

Meerwasser-Lexikon Team

Publisher:

Meerwasser-Lexikon.de

Created:

2020-11-19 18:16:17 

Last edit:

2020-11-21 16:29:45 

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