Hesione pantherina Leopard worm

Hesione pantherina is commonly referred to as Leopard worm. Difficulty in the aquarium: Not suitable for home aquaria!. Toxicity: Toxic hazard unknown.

Profile

lexID:

6055 

AphiaID:

183196 

Scientific:

Hesione pantherina 

German:

Pantherwurm 

English:

Leopard Worm 

Category:

Ormer 

Family tree:

Animalia (Kingdom) > Annelida (Phylum) > Polychaeta (Class) > Phyllodocida (Order) > Hesionidae (Family) > Hesione (Genus) > pantherina (Species) 

Initial determination:

Lamarck, 1818 

Occurrence:

Vereinigte Arabische Emirate, Adriatic Sea (Mediterranean), Australia, Bermuda, Brazil, Coral sea (Eastern Australia), Eastern Indian Ocean, France, Galapagos Islands, Gulf of Mexico, Indo Pacific, Mozambique, New Caledonia, Northern Territory (Australia), Peru, Philippines, Queensland (Australia), Red Sea, the Mediterranean Sea, USA, West-Atlantic Ocean, Western Australia 

Sea depth:

10 - 1250 Meter 

Size:

up to 2.36" (6 cm) 

Temperature:

8,4 °F - 80.6 °F (8,4°C - 27°C) 

Food:

Predatory 

Difficulty:

Not suitable for home aquaria! 

Offspring:

Not available as offspring 

Toxicity:

Toxic hazard unknown 

CITES:

Not evaluated 

Red List:

Not evaluated (NE) 

Related species at
Catalog of Life:

• Hesione eugeniae
• Hesione genetta
• Hesione intertexta
• 
  Hesione pantherina
  Pantherwurm
• Hesione picta
• Hesione reticulata
• Hesione splendida
• Hesione steenstrupii

 

More related species
in this lexicon:

• 
  Hesione paulayi
  Paulays-Hesione

 

Author:

Meerwasser-Lexikon Team

Publisher:

Meerwasser-Lexikon.de

Created:

2013-09-15 12:41:42 

Last edit:

2023-03-18 08:38:36 

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