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Symsagittifera Roscoffensis

Other Minor Phyla

Symsagittifera roscoffensis, also called the Roscoff worm, the mint sauce worm or the shilly shally worm, is a marine acoel worm. Its green color puzzled zoologists as far back as the 1870s until it was traced to a symbiosis between the worm and a green micro alga, Tetraselmis convolutae, that lives under its epidermis; the photosynthetic activity of this hosted alga supplies the worm with essential nutrients, a partnership called photosymbiosis. These photosynthetic marine worms live in colonies of up to several million individuals in the tidal zone.

Facts
Classification
Diet
Photosynthetic Autotroph 1
System (Realm)
Marine 2
Scientific Name
Symsagittifera roscoffensis 4
Conservation Status
Not Evaluated 5
Comparison
CITES Appendix
Not Listed 3
Connections

Child Taxon Of

Xenacoelomorpha, Taxa
Source Wikidata: Symsagittifera Roscoffensis

In Biome

Marine, Biomes
Source Wikipedia: Symsagittifera roscoffensis
In the Other Atlases

Found In

Denmark

Also in Geography Atlas: where this subject is found.

Norway

Also in Geography Atlas: where this subject is found.

Sources
1. Wikidata: Symsagittifera Roscoffensis
  • Introduction
  • Child Taxon Of: Xenacoelomorpha, Wikidata parent-taxon (P171) chain
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2. GBIF Species API
GBIF Species APIView the Source
3. UNEP-WCMC Species+ database (CITES Secretariat): Species+: Animalia
UNEP-WCMC Species+ database (CITES Secretariat)Species+ taxon_concepts, id 23
Quote, Species+ taxon_concepts, id 23
"cites_listing":"I/II/III/NC","eu_listing":"A/B/C/D/NC","higher_taxa":{"kingdom":"Animalia","phylum":null,"class":null,"order":null,"family":null},"synonyms":[],"common_names":[{"name":"Animals","language":"EN"},{"name":"Fauna","language":"EN"},{"name":"Animaux","language":"FR"}],"cites_listings":[]
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4. Wikipedia: Symsagittifera roscoffensis
Wikipedia
  • Wikidata Q143368 (P225 taxon name)
  • In Biome: Marine, Lead section
    Symsagittifera roscoffensis, also called the Roscoff worm, the mint-sauce worm, or the shilly-shally worm, is a marine acoel worm.
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5. GBIF (IUCN Red List category): GBIF IUCN Red List category for Symsagittifera roscoffensis
GBIF (IUCN Red List category)GBIF taxon key 2499281, category field
Quote, GBIF taxon key 2499281, category field
"category": "NOT_EVALUATED"
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IUCN Red List of Threatened Species
International Union for Conservation of NatureView the Source
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