Colpomenia peregrina Oysterthief

Colpomenia peregrina is commonly referred to as Oysterthief. Difficulty in the aquarium: There are no reports available yet that this animal has already been kept in captivity successfully. Toxicity: Toxic hazard unknown.

Profile

lexID:

6271 

AphiaID:

145856 

Scientific:

Colpomenia peregrina 

German:

Austerndieb 

English:

Oysterthief 

Category:

 

Family tree:

Chromista (Kingdom) > Ochrophyta (Phylum) > Phaeophyceae (Class) > Ectocarpales (Order) > Scytosiphonaceae (Family) > Colpomenia (Genus) > peregrina (Species) 

Initial determination:

Sauvageau, 1927 

Occurrence:

Russland, the Baltic Sea, Alaska (Western Atlantic), Aleutian Islands, Algeria, Australia, Azores, Corea, East-Atlantic Ocean, Gulf of California, Hawaii, Indian Ocean, Japan, Mexico (East Pacific), Morocco, New Zealand, Portugal, Scandinavia, South Atlantic, South-Africa, Spain, Tansania, Tasmania (Australia), the British Isles, the Canary Islands, the Mediterranean Sea, USA 

Sea depth:

Meter 

Size:

1.18" - 3.54" (3cm - 9cm) 

Temperature:

°F - 80.6 °F (°C - 27°C) 

Food:

Photosynthesis 

Difficulty:

There are no reports available yet that this animal has already been kept in captivity successfully 

Offspring:

None 

Toxicity:

Toxic hazard unknown 

CITES:

Not evaluated 

Red List:

Not evaluated (NE) 

More related species
in this lexicon:

• 
  Colpomenia peregrina
  Austerndieb
• 
  Colpomenia sinuosa
  Ballonalge, Knollenalge

 

Author:

Meerwasser-Lexikon Team

Publisher:

Meerwasser-Lexikon.de

Created:

2013-10-24 19:27:32 

Last edit:

2020-01-22 15:59:30 

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