Botryllus eilatensis Sea squirt

Botryllus eilatensisis commonly referred to as Sea squirt. Difficulty in the aquarium: Not suitable for home aquaria!. Toxicity: Toxic hazard unknown.

Dr. Noa Shenkar, Israel

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lexID:: 11027
AphiaID:: 251724

Scientific:: Botryllus eilatensis
German:: Seescheide
English:: Sea Squirt

Category:: Sea Squirts

Family tree:: Animalia (Kingdom) > Chordata (Phylum) > Ascidiacea (Class) > Stolidobranchia (Order) > Styelidae (Family) > Botryllus (Genus) > eilatensis (Species)
Initial determination:: Shenkar & Monniot F., 2006

Occurrence:: Gulf of Aqaba / Gulf of Eliat, Israel, Red Sea
Sea depth:: 20 Meter
Size:: up to 11.81" (30 cm)
Temperature:: 69.8 °F - 82.4 °F (21°C - 28°C)
Food:: Filter feeder, Phytoplankton, Zooplankton
Difficulty:: Not suitable for home aquaria!
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:: 2017-09-07 11:52:32
Last edit:: 2017-09-10 09:25:37

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Shenkar & Monniot F., 2006

Source:
A New Species Of The Genus Botryllus (Ascidiacea) From The Red Sea
Authors: Dr. Noa Shenkar, Dr. Francoise Monniot
Article: July 2006, Zootaxa
DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.173083
https://www.researchgate.net/publication/286888135_A_New_Species_Of_The_Genus_Botryllus_Ascidiacea_From_The_Red_Sea

Similar species: Botrylloides lentus Saito & Watanabe, 1985, from Japan

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

External links

Coral Reef Ascidians Ecology by Dr. Noa Shenkar (en). Abgerufen am 07.08.2020.
Ecology and systematics of the ascidian fauna in the Gulf of Eilat (Aqaba) (en). Abgerufen am 02.05.2022.
Population dynamics of a coral reef ascidian in a deteriorating environment (en). Abgerufen am 02.05.2022.
Shenkar N, Monniot F (2006) A new species of the genus Botryllus (Ascidiacea) from the Red Sea. Zootaxa 1256:11-19 (IF: 1.060, Rank 73/153 Zoology Rank Q2) (en). Abgerufen am 07.08.2020.
Tel Aviv University (en). Abgerufen am 07.08.2020.
World Register of Marine Species (WoRMS) (en). Abgerufen am 07.08.2020.

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