Priapulus caudatus Cactus worm

Priapulus caudatus is commonly referred to as Cactus worm. Difficulty in the aquarium: Cold water animal. Toxicity: Toxic hazard unknown.

Profile

lexID:

12940 

AphiaID:

101160 

Scientific:

Priapulus caudatus 

German:

Geschwänzter Priapswurm 

English:

Cactus Worm 

Category:

Sea Worms 

Family tree:

Animalia (Kingdom) > Priapulida (Phylum) > Priapulida (Class) > Priapulomorpha (Order) > Priapulidae (Family) > Priapulus (Genus) > caudatus (Species) 

Initial determination:

Lamarck, 1816 

Occurrence:

Russland, the North Sea, Alaska (Western Atlantic), Arctic (North Polar Sea), Barents Sea, British Virgin Islands, Canada Eastern Pacific, East cost of USA, European Coasts, Grenada, Gulf of Maine, Iceland, Japan, Kuril Islands, North Atlantic Ocean, North Pacific (Ocean), Scandinavia, Skagerrak (North Sea), South Atlantic, South-Pazific, West-Atlantic Ocean 

Sea depth:

0 - 4483 Meter 

Size:

0.79" - 2.76" (2cm - 7,5cm) 

Temperature:

-1,4 °F - 11,5 °F (-1,4°C - 11,5°C) 

Food:

Detritus, Invertebrates, Marine snow, omnivore, Predatory, Zoobenthos 

Difficulty:

Cold water animal 

Offspring:

Not available as offspring 

Toxicity:

Toxic hazard unknown 

CITES:

Not evaluated 

Red List:

Not evaluated (NE) 

Related species at
Catalog of Life:

• Priapulus abyssorum
• 
  Priapulus caudatus
  Geschwänzter Priapswurm
• Priapulus tuberculatospinosus

 

Author:

Meerwasser-Lexikon Team

Publisher:

Meerwasser-Lexikon.de

Created:

2020-04-12 09:29:57 

Last edit:

2020-04-12 19:25:27 

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