Phragmatopoma californica, Colonial sand tube worm

Phragmatopoma californica   (Fewkes, 1889)

Colonial sand tube worm

Native range | All suitable habitat | Point map | Year 2050
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Classification / Names Populärnamn | synonymer | CoL | ITIS | WoRMS

Polychaeta | Not assigned | Sabellariidae

Environment: milieu / climate zone / djupintervall / distribution range Ekologi

; djupintervall 0 - 72 m (Ref. 865).  Tropical

Distribution Länder | FAO områden | Ekosystem | Förekomster | Utplanteringar

Western Central Atlantic and Eastern Pacific.

Length at first maturity / Size / Weight / Age

Könsmognad: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm Max length : 1.2 cm WD hane/ej könsbestämd; (Ref. 865)

Biologi     Ordlista (t.ex. epibenthic)

Size refers to tube diameter (Ref. 865). Reef-building, tubiculous polychaete (Ref. 100429). Colonies form on and against rocks, particularly in areas of high sand transport (Ref. 865). Planktotrophic larvae explore the substrate for possible settlement depending on a chemical stimuli (Ref. 100429).

Life cycle and mating behavior Könsmognad | Reproduktion | Lek | Eggs | Fecundity | Larvae

Reproduction is strictly sexual (Ref. 100409). Broadcast spawner. Larval settlement at metamorphosis are dependent on the availability of adult's cemented sand tubes (Ref. 100443). Plantotrophic larvae undergo an 18-day pelagic development at 20°C; afterwards they begin to explore the substrate for possible settlement; it is positively phototactic and an active swimmer, upon development of its tentacles it becomes positively geotactic and crawls on the substrate in search of settlement. Its tentacles are used for anchoring and exploring the substrate (Ref. 100429).

Main reference referenser | Koordinator | Medarbetare

Salazar-Vallejo, S.I. and M.H. Londoño-Mesa 2004 Lista de especies y bibliografía de poliquetos (Polychaeta) del Pacífico Oriental Tropical. Anales del Instituto de Biología, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Serie Zoología 75(1):9-97. (Ref. 8159)

IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435: Version 2025-1)


CITES status (Ref. 108899)

Not Evaluated

CMS (Ref. 116361)

Not Evaluated

Threat to humans

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Estimates based on models

Preferred temperature (Ref. 115969): 12.8 - 26.1, mean 23.3 (based on 422 cells).
Fishing Vulnerability (Ref. 71543): Low vulnerability (10 of 100).
Price category (Ref. 80766): Unknown.