Pyura microcosmus Sea squirt

Pyura microcosmusis commonly referred to as Sea squirt. Difficulty in the aquarium: Not suitable for aquarium keeping. Toxicity: Toxic hazard unknown.

Anne Frijsinger & Mat Vestjens, Holland

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lexID:: 6112
AphiaID:: 103851

Scientific:: Pyura microcosmus
German:: Seescheide
English:: Sea Squirt

Category:: Ascidie

Family tree:: Animalia (Kingdom) > Chordata (Phylum) > Ascidiacea (Class) > Stolidobranchia (Order) > Pyuridae (Family) > Pyura (Genus) > microcosmus (Species)
Initial determination:: (Savigny, ), 1816

Occurrence:: East-Atlantic Ocean, European Coasts, North Atlantic Ocean, Northern Africa, Red Sea, the British Isles, the Isle of Man, the Mediterranean Sea
Size:: up to 1.18" (3 cm)
Temperature:: °F - 73.4 °F (°C - 23°C)
Food:: Filter feeder, Plankton
Difficulty:: Not suitable for aquarium keeping
Offspring:: None
Toxicity:: Toxic hazard unknown

CITES:

Not evaluated

Red List:

Not evaluated (NE)

Related species at Catalog of Life:

Pyura abradata
Pyura antillarum
Pyura arenosa
Pyura aripuensis
Pyura australia
Pyura bouvetensis
Pyura breviramosa
Pyura capensis
Pyura chilensis
Chilenische Seescheide
Pyura columna
Pyura confragosa
Pyura crassacapitata
Pyura curvigona
Pyura discoveryi
Pyura dura
Pyura elongata
Längliche Seescheide
Pyura fissa
Pyura gangelion
Pyura georgiana
Pyura gibbosa
See-Tulpe
Pyura haustor
Solitäre Seescheide
Pyura hebridensis
Pyura herdmanni
Pyura honu
Pyura irregularis
Pyura isobella
Pyura lanka
Pyura legumen
Pyura lepidoderma
Pyura lignosa
Pyura littoralis
Pyura lycoperdon
Pyura microcosmus
Seescheide
Pyura mirabilis
Aladdins Wunderlampe
Pyura mozambica
Pyura mulguloides
Pyura multiruga
Pyura navicula
Pyura obesa
Pyura ostreophila
Pyura pachydermatina
See-Tulpe
Pyura paessleri
Pyura pantex
Pyura pennata
Pyura pilosa
Pyura polycarpa
Pyura praeputialis
Seescheide
Pyura rapaformis
Pyura robusta
Pyura sacciformis
Pyura sansibarica
Pyura scortea
Pyura setosa
Seescheide
Pyura spinifera
Riesen Meertulpe
Pyura spinosa
Pyura squamata
Pyura squamulosa
Pyura stolonifera
Cunjevoi-Seescheide
Pyura stubenrauchi
Pyura styeliformis
Pyura subuculata
Pyura tasmanensis
Pyura tessellata
Pyura tunica
Pyura turqueti
Pyura typica
Pyura viarecta
Pyura vittata

More related species in this lexicon:

Pyura doppelgangera
"Doppelgänger-Seescheide"

Author:: Meerwasser-Lexikon Team
Publisher:: Meerwasser-Lexikon.de
Created:: 2013-09-29 14:28:30
Last edit:: 2013-09-29 14:28:30

Info

(Savigny, 1816)

Host of the copepods:
Enteropsis roscoffensis Chatton & Brément, 1909
Doropygella normani (Brady, 1878)
Doropygus pulex Thorell, 1859

Similar species:
Ähnliche Arten sind Polycarpa pomaria, Microcosmus claudicans und Pyura squamulosa

Synonyms:
Cynthia microcosmus Savigny, 1816
Cynthia morus Forbes, 1848
Cynthia savignyi Philippi, 1843
Cynthia scutellata Heller, 1877
Pyura savignyi (Philippi, 1843)

External links

Habitas (Encyclopedia of Marine Life of Britain and Ireland) (en). Abgerufen am 07.08.2020.
Homepage Anne Frijsinger & Mat Vestjens (en). Abgerufen am 07.08.2020.
MarLIN - The Marine Life Information Network (en). Abgerufen am 07.08.2020.
SeaLifeBase (multi). Abgerufen am 07.08.2020.
World Register of Marine Species (WoRMS) (en). Abgerufen am 07.08.2020.

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