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Myzostoma sp. Myzostomid Crinoid Worm

Myzostoma sp. is commonly referred to as Myzostomid Crinoid Worm. Difficulty in the aquarium: Not suitable for aquarium keeping. Toxicity: Toxic hazard unknown.


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lexID:
8917 
AphiaID:
129364 
Scientific:
Myzostoma sp. 
German:
Parasitärerer Federsternwurm 
English:
Myzostomid Crinoid Worm 
Category:
Wormen 
Family tree:
Animalia (Kingdom) > Annelida (Phylum) > Myzostomida (Order) > Myzostomatidae (Family) > Myzostoma (Genus) > sp. (Species) 
Initial determination:
Leuckart, 1836 
Occurrence:
Central Pazific, Indo Pacific, Indonesia, Israel, Malaysia, Philippines, Red Sea, Sulawesi 
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:
Epibiont (living on other organisms), Seawater, Sea water 
Size:
up to 0.59" (1.5 cm) 
Food:
Parasitic 
Difficulty:
Not suitable for aquarium keeping 
Offspring:
None 
Toxicity:
Toxic hazard unknown 
CITES:
Not evaluated 
Red List:
Not evaluated (NE) 
More related species
in this lexicon
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Author:
Publisher:
Meerwasser-Lexikon.de
Created:
Last edit:
2025-02-27 13:54:05 

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Myzostoma sp.

Myzostomidae is a family of marine polychaete worms, which are parasitic or commensal on crinoids, primarily on feather stars and sea lilies,sometimes on sea stars and brittle stars. This worms live generally on crinoids.

There are interesting various body shapes, elongate with ridges and flattend disc shapes and colour and pattern variation.

External links

  1. Project Noah (en). Abgerufen am 02.04.2023.
  2. researchgate.net (en). Abgerufen am 27.02.2025.
  3. Wikipedia (de). Abgerufen am 07.08.2020.
  4. Wikipedia englisch (en). Abgerufen am 07.08.2020.

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