Cirriformia filigera Spaghetti Worm

Cirriformia filigera is commonly referred to as Spaghetti Worm. 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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Cirriformia filigera (polychaete worm),Blairgowrie Marina. 2010

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AphiaID:: 209871

Scientific:: Cirriformia filigera
German:: Spaghettiwurm
English:: Spaghetti Worm

Category:: Maskar

Family tree:: Animalia (Kingdom) > Annelida (Phylum) > Polychaeta (Class) > Terebellida (Order) > Cirratulidae (Family) > Cirriformia (Genus) > filigera (Species)
Initial determination:: (Delle Chiaje, ), 1828

Occurrence:: Australia, Bermuda, Brazil, Chile, Cuba, Gulf of Mexico, Mozambique, Pacific Ocean, Red Sea, South-Africa, the Caribbean
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:: Meter
Size:: up to 9.84" (25 cm)
Temperature:: °F - 78.8 °F (°C - 26°C)
Food:: Detritus
Difficulty:: There are no reports available yet that this animal has already been kept in captivity successfully
Offspring:: None
Toxicity:: Toxic hazard unknown

CITES:

Not evaluated

Red List:

Not evaluated (NE)

Related species at Catalog of Life:

Cirriformia afer
Cirriformia capensis
Kap Spaghettiwurm, Oranger Spaghettiwurm
Cirriformia capillaris
Cirriformia chefooensis
Cirriformia chrysodermoides
Cirriformia crassicollis
Cirriformia filigera
Spaghettiwurm
Cirriformia limnoricola
Cirriformia maryae
Cirriformia melanacantha
Cirriformia moorei
Cirriformia multitentaculata
Cirriformia nasuta
Cirriformia pentatentaculata
Cirriformia quetalmahuensis
Cirriformia saxatilis
Cirriformia semicincta
Cirriformia spirabrancha
Cirriformia spirabranchia
Cirriformia tentaculata
Cirriformia tortugaensis
Cirriformia violacea

Author:: Meerwasser-Lexikon Team
Publisher:: Meerwasser-Lexikon.de
Created:: 2022-05-09 19:16:28
Last edit:: 2022-05-09 19:49:21

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Cirriformia filigera (Delle Chiaje, 1828)

Cirriformia is a genus of marine polychaete worms in the family Cirratulidae. Common known as Spaghetti worm.

Synonymised names:
Audouinia filigera (Delle Chiaje, 1828) · unaccepted
Audouinia oculata Treadwell, 1932 · unaccepted (subjective synonym)
Audouinia pygidia Treadwell, 1936 · unaccepted (subjective synonym)
Cirratulus australis Blanchard in Gay, 1849 · unaccepted (subjective synonym)
Cirratulus chiajei Marenzeller, 1887 · unaccepted (subjective synonym)
Cirratulus cincinnatus Bobretzky, 1868 · unaccepted (subjective synonym)
Lumbricus filigerus Delle Chiaje, 1828 · unaccepted (superseded original combination)

Direct children (2):
Subspecies Cirriformia filigera meridionalis (Marenzeller, 1887)
Subspecies Cirriformia filigera nesophila (Chamberlin, 1919)

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Cirriformia filigera (polychaete worm),Blairgowrie Marina. 2010

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