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Aglaophenia pluma podded Hydroid, Tooth feather hydroid

Aglaophenia pluma wird umgangssprachlich oft als Meerfarn bezeichnet.


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lexID:
6049 
AphiaID:
117283 
Scientific:
Aglaophenia pluma 
German:
Meerfarn 
English:
Podded Hydroid, Tooth Feather Hydroid 
Category:
 
Family tree:
Animalia (Kingdom) > Cnidaria (Phylum) > Hydrozoa (Class) > Leptothecata (Order) > Aglaopheniidae (Family) > Aglaophenia (Genus) > pluma (Species) 
Initial determination:
(Linnaeus, ), 1758 
Occurrence:
Adriatic Sea (Mediterranean), Canada Eastern Pacific, Corea, European Coasts, France, Japan, Morocco, North Atlantic Ocean, Portugal, South-Africa, the British Isles, the Isle of Man, the Mediterranean Sea, USA, West-Atlantic 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 - 20 Meter 
Size:
3.15" - 11.81" (8cm - 30cm) 
Temperature:
°F - 73.4 °F (°C - 23°C) 
Food:
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
:
  • Aglaophenia acacia
  • Aglaophenia acanthocarpa
  • Aglaophenia amoyensis
  • Aglaophenia bakeri
  • Aglaophenia bicornuta
  • Aglaophenia billardi
  • Aglaophenia bilobidentata
  • Aglaophenia brachiata
  • Aglaophenia calamus
  • Aglaophenia carinifera
 
More related species
in this lexicon
:
 
Author:
Publisher:
Meerwasser-Lexikon.de
Created:
Last edit:
2025-11-07 19:12:03 

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Aglaophenia pluma (Linnaeus, 1758)

This feather-like unbranched hydroid feeds on planctonic food. Grows in clusters on rock surfaces to 1-100 m dephts.

Synonym:
Aglaophenia cristata
Aglaophenia pluma pluma
Plumularia cristata
Plumularia pluma

Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Cnidaria (Phylum) > Hydrozoa (Class) > Hydrozoonolina (Subclass) > CLeptothecata (Order) > Plumularioidea (Superfamily) > Aglaopheniidae (Family) > Aglaophenia (Genus) > Aglaophenia pluma (Species)

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Aglaophenia pluma (Tooth feather hydroid),Port Elizabeth 2010, Copyright Johan Swanepoel
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© Anne Frijsinger & Mat Vestjens, Holland, Bild aus der Adria
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