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Ascidia conchilega Sea squirt

Ascidia conchilegais commonly referred to as Sea squirt. Difficulty in the aquarium: Experts only! Very hard to keep. Toxicity: Toxic hazard unknown.

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lexID:
6113 
AphiaID:
103702 
Scientific:
Ascidia conchilega 
German:
Seescheide 
English:
Sea Squirt 
Category:
Sea Squirts 
Family tree:
Animalia (Kingdom) > Chordata (Phylum) > Ascidiacea (Class) > Phlebobranchia (Order) > Ascidiidae (Family) > Ascidia (Genus) > conchilega (Species) 
Initial determination:
Müller, 1776 
Occurrence:
Adriatic Sea (Mediterranean), East-Atlantic Ocean, European Coasts, North Atlantic Ocean, Northern Africa, Scandinavia, the British Isles, the Faroe Islands, the Mediterranean Sea 
Size:
up to 2.36" (6 cm) 
Temperature:
°F - 73.4 °F (°C - 23°C) 
Food:
Filter feeder, Plankton, Suspension feeder 
Difficulty:
Experts only! Very hard to keep 
Offspring:
None 
Toxicity:
Toxic hazard unknown 
CITES:
Not evaluated 
Related species at
Catalog of Life:
  • Ascidia ahodori
  • Ascidia alisea
  • Ascidia alterna
  • Ascidia archaia
  • Ascidia aspera
  • Ascidia austera
  • Ascidia aximensis
  • Ascidia azurea
  • Ascidia bathybia
  • Ascidia bifissa
 
More related species
in this lexicon:
 
Author:
Publisher:
Meerwasser-Lexikon.de
Created:
Last edit:
2013-09-29 15:08:11 

Info

Müller, 1776

ommons from Scandinavia in North-Europe to the Mediterranean.

Depth: down to 1000 meters.

Sililar species: Ascidia mentula.

Color: pale green or beige in color.

Host of the copepods:
Botachus cylindratus Thorell, 1859
Doropygella porcicauda (Brady, 1878)
Notodelphys rufescens Thorell, 1859
Pachypygus gibber (Thorell, 1859) (Doropygus psyllus Thorell, 1859

External links

  1. Habitas (Encyclopedia of Marine Life of Britain and Ireland) (en). Abgerufen am 07.08.2020.
  2. Homepage Anne Frijsinger & Mat Vestjens (en). Abgerufen am 07.08.2020.
  3. Marine Species Identification Portal (en) (Archive.org). Abgerufen am 07.08.2020.
  4. MarLIN - The Marine Life Information Network (en). Abgerufen am 07.08.2020.
  5. SeaLifeBase (multi). Abgerufen am 07.08.2020.
  6. World Register of Marine Species (WoRMS) (en). Abgerufen am 07.08.2020.

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