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Epidendrium aureum Golden Wentletrap

Epidendrium aureum is commonly referred to as Golden Wentletrap. Difficulty in the aquarium: Not suitable for aquarium keeping. Toxicity: Toxic hazard unknown.

Profilbild Urheber Scott & Jeanette Johnson, Kwajalein Unterwater

Wentletrap - Epidendrium aureum 10mm. This species is found exclusively among Tubastraea corals whose yellow tentacles emerge at night.Kwajalein Atoll,2016

Epidendrium aureum lives and feeds on orange tube coral Tubastraea. The orange spotted mass at right consists of the shell's egg capsules.
Courtesy of the author Scott & Jeanette Johnson, Kwajalein Unterwater . Please visit www.underwaterkwaj.com for more information.

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lexID:
14125 
AphiaID:
389680 
Scientific:
Epidendrium aureum 
German:
Goldene Wendeltreppe 
English:
Golden Wentletrap 
Category:
Snails 
Family tree:
Animalia (Kingdom) > Mollusca (Phylum) > Gastropoda (Class) > [unassigned] Caenogastropoda (Order) > Epitoniidae (Family) > Epidendrium (Genus) > aureum (Species) 
Initial determination:
Gittenberger & Gittenberger, 2005 
Occurrence:
(the) Maldives, Australia, India, Indo Pacific, Indonesia, Japan, Marschall Islands, Okinawa, Palau, Philippines, Red Sea, Thailand, the Seychelles 
Marine Zone:
Intertidal (Eulittoral), intertidal zone between the high and low tide lines characterized by the alternation of low and high tide down to 15 meters 
Sea depth:
0 - 0,5 Meter 
Habitats:
On living corals, Seawater, Sea water 
Size:
0" - 0.39" (0,5cm - 1,0cm) 
Temperature:
°F - 82.4 °F (°C - 28°C) 
Food:
Coral polyps = corallivorous, Parasitic, Predatory 
Difficulty:
Not suitable for aquarium keeping 
Offspring:
Not available as offspring 
Toxicity:
Toxic hazard unknown 
CITES:
Not evaluated 
Red List:
Not evaluated (NE) 
Related species at
Catalog of Life:
 
Author:
Publisher:
Meerwasser-Lexikon.de
Created:
Last edit:
2024-04-23 10:24:54 

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Epidendrium aureum Gittenberger & Gittenberger, 2005

Epidendrium aureum, commonly known as the Wentletrap, is a predator and ectoparasite sea snail.

This species is often found on corals from genus Tubastraea, on which it feeds.

External links

  1. First record of Epidendrium aureum (Gastropoda, Epitoniidae) associated with Tubastrea corals (Scleractinia, Dendrophylliidae) from Lakshadweep, India (en). Abgerufen am 25.09.2021.
  2. repository.naturalis.nl (en). Abgerufen am 23.04.2024.

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Spawn

Wentletrap - Epidendrium aureum 10mm. This species is found exclusively among Tubastraea corals whose yellow tentacles emerge at night.Kwajalein Atoll,2016

Commonly

Epidendrium aureum, Batangas, Luzon, Philippines 2023

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