Botryllus gregalis Ascidian

Botryllus gregalisis commonly referred to as Ascidian. Difficulty in the aquarium: There are no reports available yet that this animal has already been kept in captivity successfully. Toxicity: Toxic hazard unknown.

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lexID:: 10711
AphiaID:: 215993

Scientific:: Botryllus gregalis
German:: Seescheide
English:: Ascidian

Category:: Sea Squirts

Family tree:: Animalia (Kingdom) > Chordata (Phylum) > Ascidiacea (Class) > Stolidobranchia (Order) > Styelidae (Family) > Botryllus (Genus) > gregalis (Species)
Initial determination:: (Sluiter, ), 1898

Occurrence:: Djibouti, Arabian Sea, Bahrain, Egypt, Indian Ocean, Indo Pacific, Madagascar, Mozambique, Red Sea, South Atlantic, South-Africa, Tansania, West-Atlantic 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:: 7 - 20 Meter
Temperature:: °F - 80.6 °F (°C - 27°C)
Food:: Filter feeder, Plankton
Difficulty:: There are no reports available yet that this animal has already been kept in captivity successfully
Offspring:: Not available as offspring
Toxicity:: Toxic hazard unknown

CITES:

Not evaluated

Red List:

Not evaluated (NE)

Related species at Catalog of Life:

Botryllus anceps
Botryllus arenaceus
Botryllus aureus
Botryllus chevalense
Botryllus closionis
Seescheide
Botryllus delicatus
Botryllus diegense
Botryllus eilatensis
Seescheide
Botryllus elegans
Botryllus firmus
Botryllus gracilis
Botryllus gregalis
Seescheide
Botryllus horridus
Botryllus humilis
Botryllus leachii
Botryllus lenis
Botryllus maeandrius
Botryllus mortensi
Botryllus niger
Botryllus ovalis
Botryllus perspicuum
Botryllus planus
Koloniale Seescheide
Botryllus primigenus
Botryllus promiscuus
Botryllus puniceus
Botryllus pupureus
Botryllus saccus
Botryllus scalaris
Botryllus schlosseri
Sternseescheide
Botryllus simodensis
Botryllus stewartensis
Botryllus tuberatus

More related species in this lexicon:

Author:: Meerwasser-Lexikon Team
Publisher:: Meerwasser-Lexikon.de
Created:: 2017-05-13 16:15:44
Last edit:: 2023-06-12 22:13:37

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Botryllus gregalis (Sluiter, 1898)

This colonial ascidians are filter feeder.

Unfortunatelly, no further information available at the moment.

Synonym:
Botrylloides gregalis Sluiter, 1898 (original combination)

External links

BOTRYLLUS GREGALIS ( SLUITER, 1898) (en). Abgerufen am 12.06.2023.
SeaLifeBase (multi). Abgerufen am 07.08.2020.
World Register of Marine Species (WoRMS) (en). Abgerufen am 07.08.2020.

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Rotes Meer, Ägypten. Durchmesser des Zeigestabes 6 mm, eingesstellt von spacediver

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