Heterochaerus australis Australian Acoel flatworm

Heterochaerus australis is commonly referred to as Australian Acoel flatworm. Difficulty in the aquarium: Not suitable for aquarium keeping. Toxicity: Toxic hazard unknown.

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lexID:

12849 

AphiaID:

379957 

Scientific:

Heterochaerus australis 

German:

Australischer Acoel-Strudelwurm 

English:

Australian Acoel Flatworm 

Category:

Flatorm 

Family tree:

Animalia (Kingdom) > Xenacoelomorpha (Phylum) > Not assigned (Class) > Acoela (Order) > Convolutidae (Family) > Heterochaerus (Genus) > australis (Species) 

Initial determination:

Haswell, 1905 

Occurrence:

Australia, China, Indian Ocean, Kenya, Queensland (Australia), Tansania, Zanzibar 

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:

Meter 

Habitats:

Intertidal zone, Tidal Zone, Sandbanks, Sandy sea floors, Seawater, Sea water, Tide pools / rock pools 

Size:

0" - 0" (0,1cm - 0,4cm) 

Temperature:

°F - 82.4 °F (°C - 28°C) 

Food:

No reliable information available 

Difficulty:

Not suitable for aquarium keeping 

Offspring:

None 

Toxicity:

Toxic hazard unknown 

CITES:

Not evaluated 

Red List:

Not evaluated (NE) 

Related species at
Catalog of Life:

• 
  Heterochaerus australis
  Australischer Acoel-Strudelwurm
• Heterochaerus blumi
• Heterochaerus carvalhoi
• Heterochaerus langerhansi
• Heterochaerus sargassi

 

Author:

Meerwasser-Lexikon Team

Publisher:

Meerwasser-Lexikon.de

Created:

2020-03-06 09:13:10 

Last edit:

2025-02-06 13:16:11 

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