Daylithos dieteri Cage Worm

Daylithos dieteri is commonly referred to as Cage 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.

Javier Couper (Predomalpha), New Zealand

Daylithos dieteri. SCUBA diving at Goat Island. High tide. Maximum depth 7m.2022

Courtesy of the author Javier Couper (Predomalpha), New Zealand Photo taken by Javier Couper. Please visit www.inaturalist.org for more information.

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Scientific:: Daylithos dieteri
German:: Dieters Daylithos
English:: Cage Worm

Category:: Maskar

Family tree:: Animalia (Kingdom) > Annelida (Phylum) > Polychaeta (Class) > Terebellida (Order) > Flabelligeridae (Family) > Daylithos (Genus) > dieteri (Species)
Initial determination:: Salazar-Vallejo, 2012

Occurrence:: Endemic species, New Zealand
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:: 2.76" - 3.94" (7cm - 10cm)
Food:: Detritus, omnivore
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:

Lower risk / conservation dependent (LR)

Related species at Catalog of Life:

Daylithos dieteri
Dieters Daylithos
Daylithos parmatus

More related species in this lexicon:

Author:: Meerwasser-Lexikon Team
Publisher:: Meerwasser-Lexikon.de
Created:: 2022-11-13 20:51:02
Last edit:: 2022-11-13 20:53:03

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Daylithos dieteri Salazar-Vallejo, 2012

The species is named after Dr. Dieter Fiege, curator in the Senckenberg Museum in Frankfurt, in recognition of his fine publications on polychaete taxonomy.

External links

Daylithos dieteri Salazar-Vallejo 2012, n. sp. (en). Abgerufen am 08.05.2023.
EOL (en). Abgerufen am 13.11.2022.
Wikipedia (de). Abgerufen am 13.11.2022.
WoRMS (en). Abgerufen am 13.11.2022.

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Daylithos dieteri. SCUBA diving at Goat Island. High tide. Maximum depth 7m.2022

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