Bispira melanostigma Variegated feather duster

Bispira melanostigma is commonly referred to as Variegated feather duster. Difficulty in the aquarium: 4 - Medelsvår. A aquarium size of at least 50 Liter is recommended. Toxicity: Toxic hazard unknown.

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lexID:

6701 

AphiaID:

333110 

Scientific:

Bispira melanostigma 

German:

Röhrenwurm 

English:

Variegated Feather Duster 

Category:

Rörmaskar 

Family tree:

Animalia (Kingdom) > Annelida (Phylum) > Polychaeta (Class) > Sabellida (Order) > Sabellidae (Family) > Bispira (Genus) > melanostigma (Species) 

Initial determination:

(Schmarda, ), 1861 

Occurrence:

Barbados, Bermuda, Brazil, Florida, Galapagos Islands, Gulf of Mexico, Jamaica, New Caledonia, Peru, Puerto Rico, the Caribbean, Trinidad and Tobago, USA 

Sea depth:

1 - 88 Meter 

Size:

up to 2.36" (6 cm) 

Temperature:

71.6 °F - 80.6 °F (22°C - 27°C) 

Food:

Dustfood , Filter feeder, Phytoplankton, Zooplankton 

Tank:

11 gal (~ 50L)  

Difficulty:

4 - Medelsvår 

Offspring:

Not available as offspring 

Toxicity:

Toxic hazard unknown 

CITES:

Not evaluated 

Red List:

Not evaluated (NE) 

Related species at
Catalog of Life:

• 
  Bispira brunnea
  Kolonialer Röhrenwurm
• Bispira crassicornis
• Bispira elegans
• Bispira fabricii
• Bispira guinensis
• Bispira klautae
• Bispira manicata
• Bispira mariae
• 
  Bispira melanostigma
  Röhrenwurm
• Bispira monroi
• Bispira oatesiana
• Bispira pacifica
• Bispira paraporifera
• 
  Bispira polyomma
  Röhrenwurm
• Bispira porifera
• Bispira secusolutus
• Bispira serrata
• Bispira spirobranchia
• 
  Bispira tricyclia
  Röhrenwurm
• 
  Bispira turneri
  Röhrenwurm
• 
  Bispira viola
  Röhrenwurm
• 
  Bispira volutacornis
  Fächerröhrenwurm
• Bispira wireni
• Alle anzeigen

 

More related species
in this lexicon:

• 
  Bispira sp. 01
  Röhrenwurm, rosa

 

Author:

Meerwasser-Lexikon Team

Publisher:

Meerwasser-Lexikon.de

Created:

2014-02-01 22:08:34 

Last edit:

2019-09-07 16:34:05 

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