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Hesione intertexta Bristle Worm

Hesione intertexta is commonly referred to as Bristle Worm. Difficulty in the aquarium: Not suitable for aquarium keeping. Toxicity: Toxic hazard unknown.


Profilbild Urheber Scott & Jeanette Johnson, Kwajalein Unterwater

Hesione intertexta, 60mm, Kwajalein


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lexID:
18036 
AphiaID:
Scientific:
Hesione intertexta 
German:
Borstenwurm 
English:
Bristle Worm 
Category:
Sea Worms 
Family tree:
Animalia (Kingdom) > Annelida (Phylum) > Polychaeta (Class) > Phyllodocida (Order) > Hesionidae (Family) > Hesione (Genus) > intertexta (Species) 
Initial determination:
Grube, 1878 
Occurrence:
Australia, Cuba, Indo Pacific, Marschall Islands, New Caledonia, Panama, Philippines, the Caribbean 
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:
Lagoons, Seaward facing reefs, Seawater, Sea water, Under rocks 
Size:
0.79" - 2.36" (2,1cm - 6,0cm) 
Temperature:
°F - 82.4 °F (°C - 28°C) 
Food:
Carnivore, Predatory 
Difficulty:
Not suitable for aquarium keeping 
Offspring:
Not available as offspring 
Toxicity:
Toxic hazard unknown 
CITES:
Not evaluated 
Red List:
Not evaluated (NE) 
Related species at
Catalog of Life:
 
More related species
in this lexicon:
 
Author:
Publisher:
Meerwasser-Lexikon.de
Created:
Last edit:
2026-01-09 20:03:33 

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Hesione intertexta Grube, 1878

Synonymised names
Hesione interstincta [auct. misspelling] · unaccepted > misspelling - incorrect subsequent spelling (In text-flow original author's...)
Hesione panamena Chamberlin, 1919 · unaccepted (subjective synonym)

External links

  1. Atlas of Living Australia (en). Abgerufen am 09.01.2026.
  2. sealifebase (en). Abgerufen am 09.01.2026.

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