Hofstenia miamia Three-banded Panther Worm

Hofstenia miamia is commonly referred to as Three-banded Panther Worm. Difficulty in the aquarium: Not suitable for aquarium keeping. Toxicity: Toxic hazard unknown.

Profile

lexID:

18682 

AphiaID:

380015 

Scientific:

Hofstenia miamia 

German:

Dreiband-Pantherwurm 

English:

Three-banded Panther Worm 

Category:

Platwormen 

Family tree:

Animalia (Kingdom) > Xenacoelomorpha (Phylum) > Not assigned (Class) > Acoela (Order) > Hofsteniidae (Family) > Hofstenia (Genus) > miamia (Species) 

Initial determination:

Correa, 1960 

Occurrence:

Belize, Curacao, Florida, Panama, The Bahamas, USA, West-Atlantic Ocean 

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:

Algae zones, Intertidal zone, Tidal Zone, Mangrove Zones, Seawater, Sea water 

Size:

0" - 0" (0,1cm - 0,5cm) 

Temperature:

°F - 82.4 °F (°C - 28°C) 

Food:

Carnivore, Crustaceans, Predatory 

Difficulty:

Not suitable for aquarium keeping 

Offspring:

None 

Toxicity:

Toxic hazard unknown 

CITES:

Not evaluated 

Red List:

Data deficient (DD) 

Related species at
Catalog of Life:

• Hofstenia arabiensis
• Hofstenia atroviridis
• Hofstenia beltagii
• 
  Hofstenia miamia
  Dreiband-Pantherwurm
• Hofstenia minuta

 

Author:

Meerwasser-Lexikon Team

Publisher:

Meerwasser-Lexikon.de

Created:

2026-10-15 13:13:52 

Last edit:

2026-10-15 13:33:22 

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