Botrylloides leachii Dark Ascidian

Botrylloides leachiiis commonly referred to as Dark 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:: 2151
AphiaID:: 250081

Scientific:: Botrylloides leachii
German:: Dunkle Seescheide
English:: Dark Ascidian

Category:: Sea Squirts

Family tree:: Animalia (Kingdom) > Chordata (Phylum) > Ascidiacea (Class) > Stolidobranchia (Order) > Styelidae (Family) > Botrylloides (Genus) > leachii (Species)
Initial determination:: (Savigny, ), 1816

Occurrence:: Australia, Circumglobal, cosmopolitan species, European Coasts, Invasive Species, New Zealand, Norway, Scandinavia, The Bahamas, the British Isles, the Mediterranean Sea, USA
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:: 0,5 - 200 Meter
Size:: up to 23.62" (60 cm)
Temperature:: 50 °F - 82.4 °F (10°C - 28°C)
Food:: Plankton
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)

More related species in this lexicon:

Author:: Meerwasser-Lexikon Team
Publisher:: Meerwasser-Lexikon.de
Created:: 2007-02-24 11:49:44
Last edit:: 2023-04-01 20:01:04

Info

Botrylloides leachii (Savigny, 1816)

Botrylloides is an invasive species and today a cosmopolite with a powerful process of growth with hardly predators.

Synonymised names:
Botrylloides albicans Milne Edwards, 1841 · unaccepted (original combination)
Botrylloides boloniense Giard, 1875 · unaccepted (original combination)
Botrylloides clavelina Giard, 1872 · unaccepted (original combination)
Botrylloides cyanescens Giard, 1888 · unaccepted (original combination)
Botrylloides fulgurale Herdman, 1886 · unaccepted (original combination)
Botrylloides insigne Giard, 1872 · unaccepted (original combination)
Botrylloides leachi (Savigny, 1816) · unaccepted (literature misspelling)
Botrylloides leptum Herdman, 1899 · unaccepted (original combination)
Botrylloides parvulum Huitfeld-Kaas, 1896 · unaccepted (unjustified emendation)
Botrylloides parvulus Huitfeld-Kaas, 1896 · unaccepted (original combination)
Botrylloides prostratum Giard, 1872 · unaccepted (original combination)
Botrylloides purpureum Drasche, 1883 · unaccepted (junior homonym)
Botrylloides pusilla Alder, 1863 · unaccepted (original combination)
Botrylloides radiata Alder & Hancock, 1848 · unaccepted (original combination)
Botrylloides ramulosa Alder & Hancock, 1848 · unaccepted (original combination)
Botrylloides rotifera Milne Edwards, 1841 · unaccepted (original combination)
Botrylloides rubrum Milne Edwards, 1841 · unaccepted (original combination)
Botrylloides sparsa Alder, 1863 · unaccepted (original combination)
Botrylloides translucidum Hartmeyer, 1912 · unaccepted (original combination)
Botrylloides vinosa Alder & Hancock, 1912 · unaccepted (original combination)
Botryllus leachi Savigny, 1816 · unaccepted (literature misspelling)
Botryllus leachii (Savigny, 1816) · unaccepted (new combination)
Botryllus leptus (Herdman, 1899) · unaccepted (new combination)
Metrocarpa leachi (Savigny, 1816) · unaccepted (literature misspelling)
Sarcobotrylloides espevaerense Huitfeld-Kaas, 1896 · unaccepted (original combination)
Sarcobotrylloides jacksonianum Herdman, 1899 · unaccepted (original combination)
Sarcobotrylloides pannosum Herdman, 1899 · unaccepted (original combination)

Scientific paper

Space versus other limiting resources for a colonial tunicate, Botrylloides leachii (Savigny), on fouling plates, Philip E. Myers, 1990
Purification of three lectins from the haemolymph of the ascidian Botrylloides leachii, Samuel F. Schluter; Peter L. Ey, 1989
Particle recognition by haemocytes from the colonial ascidianBotrylloides leachii: Evidence that theB. leachiiHA-2 agglutinin is opsonic, D. R. Coombe; P. L. Ey; C. R. Jenkin, 1984
HAEMAGGLUTININ LEVELS IN HAEMOLYMPH FROM THE COLONIAL ASCIDIAN BOTRYLLOIDES LEACHII FOLLOWING INJECTION WITH SHEEP OR CHICKEN ERYTHROCYTES, Coombe, Deirdre R; Ey, PL; Jenkin, CR, 1982

External links

Australian Museum (en). Abgerufen am 07.08.2020.
Habitas (Encyclopedia of Marine Life of Britain and Ireland) (en). Abgerufen am 07.08.2020.
Marine Species Identification Portal (en) (Archive.org). Abgerufen am 07.08.2020.
Wikipedia (en). Abgerufen am 01.04.2023.
World Register of Marine Species (WoRMS) (en). Abgerufen am 07.08.2020.

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© Anne Frijsinger & Mat Vestjens, Holland

Ascidians - Botrylloides - Seescheide Oktober 2006 - Indonesia - North-Sulawesi - P. Bangka - Canon DIGITAL IXUS 700

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timibo
@timibo

am 21.04.13#1

Ich habe vor ca. 2 Monaten eine solche weiß-orange-schwarze Seescheide bei einem Aquaristikversand gekauft. Sie sieht wunderschön aus und wächst zusehends, ich würde sagen dass sich die Kolonie täglich um wenige Millimeter verbreitert. Sie verändert ihre Gesamt-Form auch täglich ein wenig. Sie steht bei mir am Boden an einen Riffstein "angelehnt" und hat dort eine recht starke Strömung, keine volle Beleuchtung. Wenn ich meine LPS mit Bosmidien füttere, bekommt sie auch immer welche, aber ich weiß nicht ob das notwendig ist. Zumindest gefällt es ihr so offensichtlich, sie wächst gut und ich finde, sie ist eine große Bereicherung für das Becken aufgrund ihrer tollen leuchtenden Farben. Sie darf gerne ein paar Steine überwachsen!

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