Nymphozoon orsaki Orsak's Flattworm

Maiazoon orsaki wird umgangssprachlich oft als Orsaki's Plattwurm bezeichnet.

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lexID:

5268 

AphiaID:

1726874 

Scientific:

Nymphozoon orsaki 

German:

Orsak's Plattwurm 

English:

Orsak's Flattworm 

Category:

Plattmaskar 

Family tree:

Animalia (Kingdom) > Platyhelminthes (Phylum) > Rhabditophora (Class) > Polycladida (Order) > Pseudocerotidae (Family) > Nymphozoon (Genus) > orsaki (Species) 

Initial determination:

(Newman & Cannon, ) Bolaños, Gan & Ong, 2016, 1996 

Occurrence:

(the) Maldives, Cebu ((Philippines), Indian Ocean, Indonesia, Java, Malaysia, Marschall Islands, Micronesia, Papua New Guinea, Philippines, Raja Amat, Singapore, Solomon Islands, Sulawesi, Thailand, Western Indian Ocean, Western Pacific Ocean 

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 

Habitats:

Coralline soils, coral quarry, Intertidal zone, Tidal Zone, Rocky, hard seabeds, Seawater, Sea water 

Size:

up to 2.01" (5.1 cm) 

Temperature:

71.6 °F - 82.4 °F (22°C - 28°C) 

Food:

Carnivore, No reliable information available, Predatory, Sea squirts 

Difficulty:

Not suitable for aquarium keeping 

Offspring:

None 

Toxicity:

Toxic hazard unknown 

CITES:

Not evaluated 

Red List:

Not evaluated (NE) 

More related species
in this lexicon:

• 
  Nymphozoon bayeri
  Bayers Strudelwurm
• 
  Nymphozoon cinderella
  Cinderella Strudelwurm
• 
  Nymphozoon orsaki
  Orsak's Plattwurm

 

Author:

Meerwasser-Lexikon Team

Publisher:

Meerwasser-Lexikon.de

Created:

2013-04-15 19:54:54 

Last edit:

2026-02-02 18:02:42 

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