Praxillura maculata Windmill Worm

Praxillura maculata is commonly referred to as Windmill Worm. Difficulty in the aquarium: Cold water animal. Toxicity: Toxic hazard unknown.

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lexID:

13054 

AphiaID:

331091 

Scientific:

Praxillura maculata 

German:

Windmühlen-Wurm 

English:

Windmill Worm 

Category:

Maskar 

Family tree:

Animalia (Kingdom) > Annelida (Phylum) > Polychaeta (Class) > Not assigned (Order) > Maldanidae (Family) > Praxillura (Genus) > maculata (Species) 

Initial determination:

Moore, 1923 

Occurrence:

British Columbia, Canada Eastern Pacific, Gulf of California, Mexico (East Pacific), North Pacific (Ocean), USA 

Marine Zone:

Subtidal, sublittoral, infralittoral, deep zone of the oceans from the lower limit of the intertidal zone (intertidal) to the shelf edge at about 200 m water depth. neritic. 

Sea depth:

28 - 46 Meter 

Habitats:

Sandy sea floors, Seawater, Sea water, Soft grounds 

Size:

up to 3.94" (10 cm) 

Temperature:

°F - 53.6 °F (°C - 12°C) 

Food:

Plankton, Suspension feeder 

Difficulty:

Cold water animal 

Offspring:

Not available as offspring 

Toxicity:

Toxic hazard unknown 

CITES:

Not evaluated 

Red List:

Not evaluated (NE) 

Related species at
Catalog of Life:

• Praxillura longissima
• 
  Praxillura maculata
  Windmühlen-Wurm
• Praxillura ornata
• Praxillura picta
• Praxillura tanseiana

 

Author:

Meerwasser-Lexikon Team

Publisher:

Meerwasser-Lexikon.de

Created:

2020-05-30 12:49:01 

Last edit:

2025-09-18 15:23:02 

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