Tomopteris (Johnstonella) helgolandica Plankton Worm

Tomopteris (Johnstonella) helgolandica is commonly referred to as Plankton Worm. Difficulty in the aquarium: Cold water animal. Toxicity: Toxic hazard unknown.

Christophe Quintin, Bretagne, Frankreich

Tomopteris helgolandica, Gossamer worm 40 mm without the tail,Bretagne 2021

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lexID:: 15212
AphiaID:: 334946

Scientific:: Tomopteris (Johnstonella) helgolandica
German:: Helgoländer Planktonwurm
English:: Plankton Worm

Category:: Maskar

Family tree:: Animalia (Kingdom) > Annelida (Phylum) > Polychaeta (Class) > Phyllodocida (Order) > Tomopteridae (Family) > Tomopteris (Genus) > (Johnstonella) helgolandica (Species)
Initial determination:: (Greeff, ), 1879

Occurrence:: the North Sea, Belgium, European Coasts, France, Gulf of Maine, North Atlantic Ocean, North-West-Atlantic, Sweden, the British Isles, USA
Sea depth:: - 282 Meter
Size:: 0.39" - 1.57" (1,2cm - 4cm)
Temperature:: -0,7 °F - 9,5 °F (-0,7°C - 9,5°C)
Food:: No reliable information available, Zooplankton
Difficulty:: Cold water animal
Offspring:: None
Toxicity:: Toxic hazard unknown

CITES:

Not evaluated

Red List:

Not evaluated (NE)

Related species at Catalog of Life:

Tomopteris aloysii
Tomopteris anadyomene
Tomopteris apsteini
Tomopteris australiensis
Tomopteris biancoi
Tomopteris briarea
Tomopteris carolii
Tomopteris carpenteri
Tomopteris catharina
Tomopteris cavallii
Tomopteris circulosa
Tomopteris congolana
Tomopteris danae
Tomopteris duccii
Tomopteris dunckeri
Tomopteris erythrea
Tomopteris eschscholtzi
Tomopteris espana
Tomopteris espansa
Tomopteris gracilis
Tomopteris helgolandica
Tomopteris huxleyi
Tomopteris kempi
Tomopteris krampi
Tomopteris levipes
Tomopteris ligulata
Tomopteris marginata
Tomopteris mariana
Tomopteris messanica
Tomopteris miriaglandulata
Tomopteris miriglandulata
Tomopteris mortenseni
Tomopteris nationalis
Tomopteris nisseni
Tomopteris onisciformis
Tomopteris pacifica
Tomopteris partenopea
Tomopteris pediculosa
Tomopteris pierantonii
Tomopteris planktonis
Tomopteris poliglandulata
Tomopteris polyglandulata
Tomopteris rolasi
Tomopteris sanzoi
Tomopteris septentrionalis
Tomopteris smithii
Tomopteris spartai
Tomopteris stefanelli
Tomopteris tentaculata
Tomopteris tenuis
Tomopteris vitrina

More related species in this lexicon:

Author:: Meerwasser-Lexikon Team
Publisher:: Meerwasser-Lexikon.de
Created:: 2022-09-28 19:46:14
Last edit:: 2022-09-28 19:55:37

Info

Tomopteris (Johnstonella) helgolandica (Greeff, 1879)

Tomopteris is a genus of marine planktonic polychaetes. All described species are known to be holoplanktic, meaning that they spend their entire life cycles in the water column.

"Tomopteris" means "cut wing", alluding to how their parapods form a kind of fin for swimming.

Synonymised names:
Nereis phasma Dalyell, 1853 · unaccepted (subjective synonym)
Tomopteris helgolandica Greeff, 1879 · alternate representation
Tomopteris pagenstecheri Quatrefages, 1866 · unaccepted (basionym)
Tomopteris quadricornis Leuckart & Pagenstecher in Quatrefages, 1866 · unaccepted (subjective synonym)

External links

EOL (en). Abgerufen am 28.09.2022.
Wikipedia (en). Abgerufen am 28.09.2022.
WoRMS (en). Abgerufen am 28.09.2022.

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Tomopteris helgolandica, Gossamer worm 40 mm without the tail,Bretagne 2021

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