Salmacina huxleyi Sea Frost

Salmacina huxleyi is commonly referred to as Sea Frost. Difficulty in the aquarium: There are no reports available yet that this animal has already been kept in captivity successfully. Toxicity: Toxic hazard unknown.

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lexID:

12829 

AphiaID:

369269 

Scientific:

Salmacina huxleyi 

German:

Meeres-Frost 

English:

Sea Frost 

Category:

Feather Duster Worms 

Family tree:

Animalia (Kingdom) > Annelida (Phylum) > Polychaeta (Class) > Sabellida (Order) > Serpulidae (Family) > Salmacina (Genus) > huxleyi (Species) 

Initial determination:

(Ehlers, ), 1887 

Occurrence:

Florida, Gulf of Mexico, USA 

Sea depth:

6 - 40 Meter 

Size:

up to 5.91" (15 cm) 

Temperature:

°F - 77 °F (°C - 25°C) 

Food:

Bacteria (Bacterioplankton), Detritus, Filter feeder, Plankton, Suspension feeder 

Difficulty:

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

Offspring:

None 

Toxicity:

Toxic hazard unknown 

CITES:

Not evaluated 

Red List:

Not evaluated (NE) 

Related species at
Catalog of Life:

• Salmacina amphidentata
• 
  Salmacina australis
  Südlicher kolonialer Röhrenwurm
• Salmacina ceciliae
• Salmacina dysteri
• 
  Salmacina huxleyi
  Meeres-Frost
• Salmacina incrustans
• Salmacina piranga
• Salmacina setosa
• 
  Salmacina tribranchiata
  Zerbrechlicher Röhrenwurm

 

Author:

Meerwasser-Lexikon Team

Publisher:

Meerwasser-Lexikon.de

Created:

2020-02-28 20:12:30 

Last edit:

2020-02-28 20:15:59 

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