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Phoronis ijimai Horseshoe Worm, Vancouver Phoronid

Phoronis ijimai is commonly referred to as Horseshoe Worm, Vancouver Phoronid. Difficulty in the aquarium: Not suitable for aquarium keeping. Toxicity: Toxic hazard unknown.


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Phoronis ijimai , Pillar Point Docks 2015


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lexID:
10229 
AphiaID:
237586 
Scientific:
Phoronis ijimai 
German:
Vancouver Hufeisenwurm 
English:
Horseshoe Worm, Vancouver Phoronid 
Category:
Черви 
Family tree:
Animalia (Kingdom) > Phoronida (Phylum) > Not assigned (Class) > Not assigned (Order) > Phoronidae (Family) > Phoronis (Genus) > ijimai (Species) 
Initial determination:
Oka, 1897 
Occurrence:
Canada Eastern Pacific, China, Eastern Pacific Ocean, Gulf of California, Japan, North Pacific (Ocean), Pacific Ocean, Western Pacific Ocean 
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:
0 - 33,2 Meter 
Size:
2.76" - 4.72" (7,6cm - 12,0cm) 
Temperature:
68 °F - 82.4 °F (20°C - 28°C) 
Food:
Filter feeder, Plankton 
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
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Author:
Publisher:
Meerwasser-Lexikon.de
Created:
Last edit:
2016-12-05 10:27:50 

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Phoronis ijimaiOka, 1897

Phoronis ijimaiis a white colonial Phoronid, that incrusts hard substrate, including rocks, wood and corals. Sometimes this species can be also found on soft substrate and algae.Lophophore are horseshoe-shaped or spiral with uUp to 230 tentacles, length 2-5 mm.

Phoronis ijimaiis a filter feeder.

Sexual reproduction hermaphroditic and asexual reproduction by transverse fission.

Synonyms:
Actinotrocha vancouverensis
Phoronis svetlanae
Phoronis vancouverensis

Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Phoronida (Phylum) > Phoronidae (Family) > Phoronis (Genus) > Phoronis ijimai(Species)

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