Notaulax occidentalis Yellow Fanworm

Notaulax occidentalis is commonly referred to as Yellow Fanworm. Difficulty in the aquarium: There are no reports available yet that this animal has already been kept in captivity successfully. Toxicity: Toxic hazard unknown.

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lexID:

3096 

AphiaID:

421079 

Scientific:

Notaulax occidentalis 

German:

Gelber Fächerwurm 

English:

Yellow Fanworm 

Category:

Feather Duster Worms 

Family tree:

Animalia (Kingdom) > Annelida (Phylum) > Polychaeta (Class) > Sabellida (Order) > Sabellidae (Family) > Notaulax (Genus) > occidentalis (Species) 

Initial determination:

(Baird, ), 1865 

Occurrence:

Belize, Florida, Gulf of Mexico, Mexico (East Pacific), The Bahamas, the Caribbean 

Sea depth:

2 - 21 Meter 

Size:

up to 3.94" (10 cm) 

Temperature:

°F - 80.6 °F (°C - 27°C) 

Food:

Copepods, Dustfood , Filter feeder, Phytoplankton, Plankton, 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:

• Notaulax bahamensis
• Notaulax mixta
• Notaulax paucoculata
• Notaulax phaeotaenia
• Notaulax rectangulata

 

More related species
in this lexicon:

• 
  Notaulax nudicollis
  Röhrenwurm
• 
  Notaulax occidentalis
  Gelber Fächerwurm

 

Author:

Meerwasser-Lexikon Team

Publisher:

Meerwasser-Lexikon.de

Created:

2010-04-17 07:52:17 

Last edit:

2020-11-03 11:16:30 

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