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Sabellastarte spectabilis   (Grube, 1878)

Indian feather duster worm

Native range | All suitable habitat | Point map | Year 2050
This map was computer-generated and has not yet been reviewed.
Sabellastarte spectabilis  AquaMaps  Data sources: GBIF OBIS
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Sabellastarte spectabilis

Classification / Names Common names | Synonyms | CoL | ITIS | WoRMS

Polychaeta | Sabellida | Sabellidae

Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range Ecology

Sessile.  Tropical

Distribution Countries | FAO areas | Ecosystems | Occurrences | Introductions

Indo-Pacific.

Length at first maturity / Size / Weight / Age

Maturity: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm

Biology     Glossary (e.g. epibenthic)

Found in the intertidal and subtidal reefs (Ref. 102518). Larger species feed by filtering plankton and organic particles from the water column while smaller species can pick up organic matter from the sediments and filter feed organic matter (Ref. 107862).

Life cycle and mating behavior Maturity | Reproduction | Spawning | Eggs | Fecundity | Larvae

Members of the class Polychaeta are gonochoric (sexual), gametes are spawned through the metanephridia or body wall rupturing.

Main reference References | Coordinator | Collaborators

Fishelson, L. 1971. (Ref. 3565)

IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435)

  Not Evaluated 

CITES status (Ref. 108899)

Not Evaluated

CMS (Ref. 116361)

Not Evaluated

Threat to humans

Human uses


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Estimates based on models

Preferred temperature (Ref. 115969): 26.3 - 28.6, mean 27.4 (based on 122 cells).
Price category (Ref. 80766): Unknown.