Loimia medusa, Medusa worm
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Loimia medusa   (Savigny, 1818)

Medusa worm

Native range | All suitable habitat | Point map | Year 2050
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Classificatie / Namen Lokale namen | Synoniemen | CoL | ITIS | WoRMS

Polychaeta | Terebellida | Terebellidae

Milieu: milieu / Klimaatzone / Diepte / verspreidingsgebied Ecologie

Rifbewoner; brak water; diepte 10 - 75 m (Ref. 112705).  Tropical

Verspreiding Territories | FAO regio's | Ecosystemen | Voorkomen | Introducties

Indo-Pacific and Western Central Atlantic. Tropical and subtropical.

Lengte bij maturiteit / Grootte / Gewicht / Leeftijd

Maturiteit: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm Max length : 25.0 cm BL mannelijk / geslacht onbekend; (Ref. 78042)

Biologie     Verklarende woordenlijst (bv. epibenthisch)

Inhabits Halodule wrightii beds (Ref. 83353). Also found in tide pools, deep estuarine channels and rubble in bays and seas. In protected areas where organic detritus is substantial and frequently replenished. Builds tube from sand and gravel or simply protect their body within vertical holes or in reef crevices (Ref. 107245). Sessile tentaculate suspension and surface deposit feeder (Ref. 125928).

Levenscyclus en paargedrag Maturiteit | Voortplanting | Paaien | Eieren | Fecunditeit | Larven

Members of the class Polychaeta are mostly gonochoric (sexual). Mating: Females produce a pheromone attracting and signalling the males to shed sperm which in turn stimulates females to shed eggs, this behavior is known as swarming. Gametes are spawned through the metanephridia or body wall rupturing (termed as "epitoky", wherein a pelagic, reproductive individual, "epitoke", is formed from a benthic, nonreproductive individual, "atoke"). After fertilization, most eggs become planktonic; although some are retained in the worm tubes or burrowed in jelly masses attached to the tubes (egg brooders). Life Cycle: Eggs develop into trocophore larva, which later metamorph into juvenile stage (body lengthened), and later develop into adults.

Hoofdreferentie Referenties | Coördinator | Medewerkers

Salazar-Vallejo, S.I. 1996 Lista de species y bibliografía de Poliquetos (Polychaeta) del Gran Caribe. Anales Inst. Biol. Univ. nac. Autón, México, Ser. Zool. 67(1):11-50. (Ref. 7866)

Status op de Rode Lijst van het IUCN (Ref. 130435: Version 2025-2 (Global))

  Niet geëvalueerd 

CITES status (Ref. 108899)

Not Evaluated

CMS (Ref. 116361)

Not Evaluated

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Trofische ecologie
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Kwetsbaarheid van de visserij
(Ref. 71543)		 Low vulnerability (13 of 100).
Prijsklasse
(Ref. 80766):		 Unknown.