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Ectopleura marina Pink-mouth Hydroid; solitary pink-mouth hydroid

Ectopleura marina is commonly referred to as Pink-mouth Hydroid; solitary pink-mouth hydroid. Difficulty in the aquarium: Niet geschikt voor huiskameraquaria!. Toxicity: Toxic hazard unknown.

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Ectopleura marina, Pink-mouth Hydroid,Santa Cruz Harbor 2015


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lexID:
10307 
AphiaID:
285957 
Scientific:
Ectopleura marina 
German:
Röhrenpolyp 
English:
Pink-mouth Hydroid; Solitary Pink-mouth Hydroid 
Category:
Kwallen - Schijfkwallen 
Family tree:
Animalia (Kingdom) > Cnidaria (Phylum) > Hydrozoa (Class) > Anthoathecata (Order) > Tubulariidae (Family) > Ectopleura (Genus) > marina (Species) 
Initial determination:
(Torrey, ), 1902 
Occurrence:
Alaska (Western Atlantic), Canada Eastern Pacific, Eastern Pacific Ocean, Gulf of California, USA, West Coast USA 
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:
15 - 200 Meter 
Habitats:
Seawater, Sea water 
Size:
0.79" - 1.97" (2cm - 5cm) 
Temperature:
~ 50 °F (10°C) 
Food:
Amphipods, Carnivore, Copepods, Crustaceans, Daphnia salina, Edible crab, Fish (little fishes), Fish eggs, Invertebrates, Mysis, Plankton, Worms 
Difficulty:
Niet geschikt voor huiskameraquaria! 
Offspring:
Not available as offspring 
Toxicity:
Toxic hazard unknown 
CITES:
Not evaluated 
Red List:
Not evaluated (NE) 
Related species at
Catalog of Life:
 
Author:
Publisher:
Meerwasser-Lexikon.de
Created:
Last edit:
2024-12-16 20:48:41 

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Ectopleura marina (Torrey, 1902)

Ectopleura marina is cylindrical, with tentacles and a mouth for feeding. The polyp stems is usually 2 - 5 cm long, with 18 tentacles in two whorls around the mouth , and 22 - 26 tentacles away from the mouth. Feeding polyps are pink (common name pink-mouth hydroid).

Ectopleura marina feeds on copepods,other small crustaceans, larvae, chaetognaths, annelid worms,on eggs of various other invertebrates, plankton, and fish larvae.

Synonymised names
Pinauay marina (Torrey, 1902) · unaccepted > superseded combination
Tubularia marina Torrey, 1902 · unaccepted (basionym)

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Ectopleura marina, Pink-mouth Hydroid,Santa Cruz Harbor 2015
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Ectopleura marina, Pink-mouth Hydroid, Redwood City Docks 2016
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Ectopleura marina (Berkeley marina) 2021

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