Phoronis australis Anemone Horseshoe Worm, Southern Horseshoe

Phoronis australisis commonly referred to as Anemone Horseshoe Worm, Southern Horseshoe. Difficulty in the aquarium: There are no reports available yet that this animal has already been kept in captivity successfully. A aquarium size of at least 100 Liter is recommended. Toxicity: Toxic hazard unknown.

Nick Chapman, Chaloklum Diving – Koh Phangan –, Thailand

Foto: Mae Haad Reef, Koh Phangan, Thailand

Courtesy of the author Nick Chapman, Chaloklum Diving – Koh Phangan –, Thailand . Please visit www.Chaloklum-Diving.com for more information.

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Scientific:: Phoronis australis
German:: Zylinderrosen-Hufeisenwurm
English:: Anemone Horseshoe Worm, Southern Horseshoe

Category:: Feather Duster Worms

Family tree:: Animalia (Kingdom) > Phoronida (Phylum) > Not assigned (Class) > Not assigned (Order) > Phoronidae (Family) > Phoronis (Genus) > australis (Species)
Initial determination:: Haswell, 1883

Occurrence:: Circumtropic, European Coasts, Madagascar, New South Wales (Australia), North Atlantic Ocean, Portugal, Spain, Thailand, the Canary Islands, the Mediterranean Sea
Sea depth:: 0 - 400 Meter
Size:: up to 9.84" (25 cm)
Temperature:: 73.4 °F - 82.4 °F (23°C - 28°C)
Food:: Dustfood , Filter feeder, Plankton, Suspension feeder, Zooplankton
Tank:: 22 gal (~ 100L)
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:

Author:: Meerwasser-Lexikon Team
Publisher:: Meerwasser-Lexikon.de
Created:: 2007-11-23 20:18:07
Last edit:: 2021-12-13 09:04:01

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Phoronis australis Haswell, 1883

Phoronis australis is a species of marine horseshoe worm , live in association with tube-dwelling anemones, particularly those in the genus Cerianthus.

Synonyms:
Actinotrocha australis (Haswell, 1883)
Actinotrocha buskii (Haswell, 1883)
Phoronella australis (Haswell, 1883)
Phoronis bhadurii Ganguly & Majumdar, 1967 (synonym)
Phoronis buskii McIntosh, 1888 (synonym)

Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Phoronida (Phylum) > Phoronidae (Family) > rPhoronis (Genus) > Phoronis australis (Species)

Scientific paper

Taxonomy of cerianthus filiformis (ceriantharia, anthozoa) and its phoronid associate, phoronis australis in Korea, Song, Jun‐lm, 1998
Further Ultrastructural Observations on the Epidermis of Phoronids: Phoronis australis and Phoronis hippocrepia, Amaya Aguirre, Isabel Fernández, Fernando Pardos, Carmen Roldan and Jesus Benito, 1993
Sur l'association dePhoronis australis(Phoronida) avecCerianthus maua(Ceriantharia) dans les zones récifales de Madagascar, C. C. Emig; C. Herberts; B. A. Thomassin, 1972

External links

Chaloklum Diving (multi). Abgerufen am 13.12.2021.
Paleopolis.rediris.es (es). Abgerufen am 07.08.2020.
Ucmp.berkeley.edu (en). Abgerufen am 07.08.2020.
Wikipedia (de). Abgerufen am 07.08.2020.
wildsingapur (en). Abgerufen am 13.12.2021.
World Register of Marine Species (WoRMS) (en). Abgerufen am 07.08.2020.

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Phoronis australis an einer Cerianthus filiformis, 2017 - (c) Muelly

Foto: Clifton Gardens bei Sydney, Australien

Foto: Mae Haad Reef, Koh Phangan, Thailand

Anemone Horseshoe Worm - Phoronis australis, 2018

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Chrysokoll
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am 03.03.08#1

Nach einem 3/4 Jahr waren meine verschwunden, während andere Röhrenwürmer sich ungeschlechtlich munter vermehrten.

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