Alcyonidium nodosum Warty Moss Animal

Alcyonidium nodosum is commonly referred to as Warty Moss Animal. Difficulty in the aquarium: Not suitable for aquarium keeping. Toxicity: Toxic hazard unknown.

Georgina Jones (CC-BY-SA), Cape Town

Alcyonidium nodosum,sherwood forest Cape Point, Cape Town, South Africa 2019 (CC-BY-SA)

Courtesy of the author Georgina Jones (CC-BY-SA), Cape Town . Please visit www.inaturalist.org for more information.

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lexID:: 18281
AphiaID:: 470643

Scientific:: Alcyonidium nodosum
German:: Warziges Moostierchen
English:: Warty Moss Animal

Category:: Bryozoa

Family tree:: Animalia (Kingdom) > Bryozoa (Phylum) > Gymnolaemata (Class) > Ctenostomatida (Order) > Alcyonidiidae (Family) > Alcyonidium (Genus) > nodosum (Species)
Initial determination:: O'Donoghue & de Watteville, 1944

Occurrence:: Chile, South-Africa
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:: Epibiont (living on other organisms), Seawater, Sea water
Temperature:: °F - 62.6 °F (°C - 17°C)
Food:: Filter feeder, Plankton, Suspension feeder
Difficulty:: Not suitable for aquarium keeping
Offspring:: None
Toxicity:: Toxic hazard unknown