Phoronis australis Anemone Horseshoe Worm, Southern Horseshoe

Phoronis australis is commonly referred to as Anemone Horseshoe Worm, Southern Horseshoe. Difficulty in the aquarium: There are no reports available yet that this animal has already been kept in captivity successfully. A aquarium size of at least 100 Liter is recommended. Toxicity: Toxic hazard unknown.

Profile

lexID:

2396 

AphiaID:

128547 

Scientific:

Phoronis australis 

German:

Zylinderrosen-Hufeisenwurm 

English:

Anemone Horseshoe Worm, Southern Horseshoe 

Category:

Feather Duster Worms 

Family tree:

Animalia (Kingdom) > Phoronida (Phylum) > Not assigned (Class) > Not assigned (Order) > Phoronidae (Family) > Phoronis (Genus) > australis (Species) 

Initial determination:

Haswell, 1883 

Occurrence:

Circumtropic, European Coasts, Madagascar, New South Wales (Australia), North Atlantic Ocean, Portugal, Spain, Thailand, the Canary Islands, the Mediterranean Sea 

Marine Zone:

Mesopelagial
Mesopelagic zone
lies between 200 to 1000 meters depth, thus it is considered the "twilight zone of the sea" between the light and dark depth zones. 

Sea depth:

0 - 400 Meter 

Size:

up to 9.84" (25 cm) 

Temperature:

73.4 °F - 82.4 °F (23°C - 28°C) 

Food:

Dustfood , Filter feeder, Plankton, Suspension feeder, Zooplankton 

Tank:

22 gal (~ 100L)  

Difficulty:

There are no reports available yet that this animal has already been kept in captivity successfully 

Offspring:

Not available as offspring 

Toxicity:

Toxic hazard unknown 

CITES:

Not evaluated 

Red List:

Not evaluated (NE) 

Related species at
Catalog of Life:

• 
  Phoronis australis
  Zylinderrosen-Hufeisenwurm
• 
  Phoronis emigi
  Emingi´s Röhrenwurm
• 
  Phoronis hippocrepia
  Hufeisenwurm
• 
  Phoronis ijimai
  Vancouver Hufeisenwurm
• 
  Phoronis muelleri
  Weißer Nordatlantischer Hufeisenwurm
• 
  Phoronis ovalis
  Hufeisenwurm
• Phoronis pallida
• 
  Phoronis psammophila
  Hufeisenwurm

 

Author:

Meerwasser-Lexikon Team

Publisher:

Meerwasser-Lexikon.de

Created:

2007-11-23 20:18:07 

Last edit:

2021-12-13 09:04:01 

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