The worm pipefish (Nerophis lumbriciformis) is a species of pipefish (of the family Syngnathidae), found in the North-eastern Atlantic along the coasts of Europe from the southern Norway, Kattegat and British Islands to Río de Oro in Western Sahara. The fish has a length of up to 15 cm. It inhabits rocky coastal areas with macrophytes at depths to 30 m.
Worm pipefish | |
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Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Actinopterygii |
Order: | Syngnathiformes |
Family: | Syngnathidae |
Genus: | Nerophis |
Species: | N. lumbriciformis
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Binomial name | |
Nerophis lumbriciformis (Jenyns, 1835)
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The worm pipefish feeds primarily on Harpacticoid and cyclopoid copepods[3]
Like other pipefish, this species is sex role-reversed, with females courting males whom subsequently brood the young.[4]
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References
edit- ^ Pollom, R. (2015). "Nerophis lumbriciformis". The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2015: e.T18258202A80249285. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2015.RLTS.T18258202A80249285.en.
- ^ Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Nerophis lumbriciformis". FishBase. February 2018 version.
- ^ Lyons, D. O. and Dunne, J. J. 2004. Inter- and intra-gender analyses of feeding ecology of the worm pipefish (Nerophis lumbriciformis). Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the UK 84(2).
- ^ Monteiro, N, Vieira, M. N. and Almada, V. C. 2002. The courtship behaviour of the pipefish Nerophis lumbriciformis: reflections of an adaptation to intertidal life. Acta Ethologica 4(2): 109-111.