Bispira melanostigma Variegated feather duster

Bispira melanostigma is commonly referred to as Variegated feather duster. Difficulty in the aquarium: Not for beginners. A aquarium size of at least 50 Liter is recommended. Toxicity: Toxic hazard unknown.

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AphiaID:: 333110

Scientific:: Bispira melanostigma
German:: Röhrenwurm
English:: Variegated Feather Duster

Category:: Feather Duster Worms

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:: Not for beginners
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

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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(Montagu, 1804)

Synonyms:
Bispira variegata (Krøyer, 1856)
Sabella bipunctata Baird, 1865
Sabella cornuta Kinberg, 1866
Sabella melanostigma Schmarda, 1861
Sabella thoracica Krøyer, 1856
Sabella variegata Krøyer, 1856

External links

Homepage Anne Frijsinger & Mat Vestjens (en). Abgerufen am 07.08.2020.
Marine Species Identification Portal (en) (Archive.org). Abgerufen am 07.08.2020.

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