Botryllus planus Sea squirt

Botryllus planusis commonly referred to as Sea squirt. 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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AphiaID:: 215992

Scientific:: Botryllus planus
German:: Koloniale Seescheide
English:: Sea Squirt

Category:: Sea Squirts

Family tree:: Animalia (Kingdom) > Chordata (Phylum) > Ascidiacea (Class) > Stolidobranchia (Order) > Styelidae (Family) > Botryllus (Genus) > planus (Species)
Initial determination:: (Van Name, ), 1902

Occurrence:: Bermuda, Brazil, Columbia, Curacao, Florida, Gulf of Mexico, Invasive Species, Mozambique, Panama, the Caribbean, USA, Venezuela, West Africa
Sea depth:: 1 - 50 Meter
Size:: up to 1.97" (5 cm)
Temperature:: 23,5 °F - 24,3 °F (23,5°C - 24,3°C)
Food:: Amphipods, Copepods, Filter feeder, Invertebrates, Zooplankton
Difficulty:: There are no reports available yet that this animal has already been kept in captivity successfully
Offspring:: None
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:: 2017-09-01 19:20:12
Last edit:: 2017-09-02 13:33:46

Info

(Van Name, 1902)

Synonyms:
Botrylloides namei (Hartmeyer & Michaelsen, 1928)
Botrylloides planus (Van Name, 1902)
Botryllus namei Hartmeyer & Michaelsen, 1928

Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Chordata (Phylum) > Tunicata (Subphylum) > Ascidiacea (Class) > Stolidobranchia (Order) > Styelidae (Family) > Botryllus (Genus) > Botryllus planus (Species)

Scientific paper

G1.P6 Allorecognition processes in the colonial ascidian Botryllus planus: Simona Bartl University of North Carolina, Department of Biological Sciences, Wilmington, NC 28403, USA, , 1994

External links

Botryllus planus (en). Abgerufen am 07.08.2020.
Encyclodedia of Life (EOL) (multi). Abgerufen am 07.08.2020.
Guide to bentic fauna of Grey´s Reef National Marine Sanctuary (en). Abgerufen am 07.08.2020.
Introduced ascidians in Paranaguá Bay, Paraná, southern Brazil (multi). Abgerufen am 07.08.2020.
Profil PD Dr. Thomas Stach (en). Abgerufen am 07.08.2020.
World Register of Marine Species (WoRMS) (en). Abgerufen am 07.08.2020.

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