Timarete luxuriosa Luxurious Spaghetti Worm

Timarete luxuriosa is commonly referred to as Luxurious 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.

Douglas Mason, USA

Timarete luxuriosa (HMB) 2008

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AphiaID:: 334943

Scientific:: Timarete luxuriosa
German:: Prächtiger Spaghettiworm
English:: Luxurious Spaghetti Worm

Category:: Maskar

Family tree:: Animalia (Kingdom) > Annelida (Phylum) > Polychaeta (Class) > Terebellida (Order) > Cirratulidae (Family) > Timarete (Genus) > luxuriosa (Species)
Initial determination:: (Moore, ), 1904

Occurrence:: Gulf of California, Northeast Pacific Ocean, USA
Sea depth:: 1 - 4 Meter
Size:: up to 3.94" (10 cm)
Food:: Diatoms, Microalgae
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:

Timarete anchylochaeta
Timarete antarcticus
Timarete caribous
Timarete dasylophius
Timarete filigera
Timarete gibbosa
Timarete hawaiensis
Timarete japonica
Timarete luxuriosa
Prächtiger Spaghettiworm
Timarete norvegica
Timarete perbranchiata
Timarete polytricha
Timarete punctata

Author:: Meerwasser-Lexikon Team
Publisher:: Meerwasser-Lexikon.de
Created:: 2022-11-04 14:02:42
Last edit:: 2022-11-04 14:04:19

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Timarete luxuriosa (Moore, 1904)

Timarete luxuriosa is a marine cirratulid polychaete of the family Cirratulidae, common known as Spaghetti worms. This species can be found on soft sediments, in fouling communtiies and rocky habitats

Diet: Detritus, microalgae

Synonymised names:
Cirratulus luxuriosus Moore, 1904 · unaccepted (superseded original combination)
Cirriformia luxuriosa (Moore, 1904) · unaccepted (superseded recombination)

External links

EOL (en). Abgerufen am 04.11.2022.
WoRMS (en). Abgerufen am 04.11.2022.

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