Phoronis hippocrepia horseshoe worm

Phoronis hippocrepia is commonly referred to as horseshoe worm. Difficulty in the aquarium: There are no reports available yet that this animal has already been kept in captivity successfully. Toxicity: Toxic hazard unknown.

Profile

lexID:

5181 

AphiaID:

128548 

Scientific:

Phoronis hippocrepia 

German:

Hufeisenwurm 

English:

Horseshoe Worm 

Category:

Kokerwormen 

Family tree:

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

Initial determination:

Wright, 1856 

Occurrence:

the Black Sea, the North Sea, Azores, Belgium, Costa Rica, East-Atlantic Ocean, Eastern Pacific Ocean, European Coasts, France, Germany, Gulf of Mexico, Hawaii, Ireland, Italy, Netherlands, North Pacific (Ocean), Northern Africa, Scandinavia, South Atlantic, South-Africa, South-Pazific, Spain, Sweden, the British Isles, the Mediterranean Sea, West-Atlantic Ocean, Western Pacific 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:

0 - 55 Meter 

Habitats:

Intertidal zone, Tidal Zone, Rocky, hard seabeds, Seawater, Sea water 

Size:

1.57" - 3.94" (4cm - 10cm) 

Temperature:

8,6 °F - 15,8 °F (8,6°C - 15,8°C) 

Food:

Filter feeder, Zooplankton 

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:

2013-03-17 22:19:45 

Last edit:

2025-05-02 15:56:13 

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