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Polycarpa pigmentata Sea squirt

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

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Sea Squirt (Polycarpa pigmentata)Nudi Retreat II, Lembeh Strait, Sulawesi, INDONESIA 2009


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lexID:
10168 
AphiaID:
251051 
Scientific:
Polycarpa pigmentata 
German:
Pigmentierte-Seescheide 
English:
Sea Squirt 
Category:
Sea Squirts 
Family tree:
Animalia (Kingdom) > Chordata (Phylum) > Ascidiacea (Class) > Stolidobranchia (Order) > Styelidae (Family) > Polycarpa (Genus) > pigmentata (Species) 
Initial determination:
(Herdman, ), 1906 
Occurrence:
Australia, Fiji, Indo Pacific, Indonesia, Japan, Kiribati, Lembeh Strait, Marschall Islands, Mayotte, Micronesia, New Caledonia, Papua New Guinea, Philippines, Solomon Islands, South-Pazific, Sri Lanka, Sulawesi, Western Pacific Ocean 
Marine Zone:
Subtidal, sublittoral, infralittoral, deep zone of the oceans from the lower limit of the intertidal zone (intertidal) to the shelf edge at about 200 m water depth. neritic. 
Sea depth:
1 - 62 Meter 
Size:
3.15" - 5.91" (8cm - 15cm) 
Temperature:
75.02 °F - 84.74 °F (23.9°C - 29.3°C) 
Food:
Filter feeder, Plankton, Suspension feeder 
Difficulty:
Not suitable for aquarium keeping 
Offspring:
Not available as offspring 
Toxicity:
Toxic hazard unknown 
CITES:
Not evaluated 
Red List:
Not evaluated (NE) 
Related species at
Catalog of Life:
  • Polycarpa aernbaeckae
  • Polycarpa albatrossi
  • Polycarpa albopunctata
  • Polycarpa anguinea
  • Polycarpa argentata
  • Polycarpa arnoldi
  • Polycarpa aspera
  • Polycarpa atromarginata
  • Polycarpa aurata
    Goldseescheide, Goldmund-Seescheide
  • Polycarpa aurita
 
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Publisher:
Meerwasser-Lexikon.de
Created:
Last edit:
2022-09-22 19:36:55 

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Polycarpa pigmentata (Herdman, 1906)

Polycarpa pigmentata is a large sea squirt with a wrinkled leathery body and a pair of siphons.This sea squirt inhabit hard substrates in shallow water with a good water movement.The body is covered by a lot of other organism, including other tunicates.

This large solitary sea squirt is a suspension feeder.

Synonymised names:
Polycarpa picteti Pizon, 1908 · unaccepted (original combination)
Styela pigmentata Herdman, 1906 · unaccepted (original combination)

External links

  1. World Register of Marine Species (WoRMS) (en). Abgerufen am 07.08.2020.

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Sea Squirt (Polycarpa pigmentata)Nudi Retreat II, Lembeh Strait, Sulawesi, INDONESIA 2009
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Sea Squirt (Polycarpa pigmentata) covered by another Pink Tunicate (Didemnum sp.) with two (Polycarpa aurata) on the right , Tanjung, Bunaken Island, Sulawesi, INDONESIA 2009
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Foto: Nordwestliches Mayotte, Westlicher Indischer Ozean
Foto: Ägypten, Rotes Meer

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