Pyrosoma atlanticum Pyrosoma atlanticum

Pyrosoma atlanticumis commonly referred to as Pyrosoma atlanticum. Difficulty in the aquarium: Not suitable for home aquaria!. Toxicity: Toxic hazard unknown.

Phil Garner, Southern California Marine Life, USA

Pyrosoma atlanticum, 2014

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AphiaID:: 137250

Scientific:: Pyrosoma atlanticum
German:: Atlantische Feuerwalze
English:: Pyrosoma Atlanticum

Category:: Salpidae

Family tree:: Animalia (Kingdom) > Chordata (Phylum) > Thaliacea (Class) > Pyrosomatida (Order) > Pyrosomatidae (Family) > Pyrosoma (Genus) > atlanticum (Species)
Initial determination:: Péron, 1804

Occurrence:: the North Sea, Australia, Azores, Canada , China, Eastern Pacific Ocean, European Coasts, Gulf of Mexico, Hawaii, Indo Pacific, Japan, New South Wales (Australia), New Zealand, Okinawa, South Atlantic, Tasman Sea, Tasmania (Australia), the British Isles, the Cape Verde Archipelago, the Mediterranean Sea, USA, Western Indian Ocean
Sea depth:: 0 - 250 Meter
Size:: 5.91" - 23.62" (15cm - 60cm)
Temperature:: 59 °F - 77 °F (15°C - 25°C)
Food:: Plankton
Difficulty:: Not suitable for home aquaria!
Offspring:: Not available as offspring
Toxicity:: Toxic hazard unknown

CITES:

Not evaluated

Red List:

Not evaluated (NE)

Related species at Catalog of Life:

Pyrosoma aherniosum
Pyrosoma atlanticum
Atlantische Feuerwalze
Pyrosoma godeauxi
Pyrosoma ovatum
Pyrosoma spinosum

More related species in this lexicon:

Pyrosoma sp.01
Feuerwalze

Author:: Meerwasser-Lexikon Team
Publisher:: Meerwasser-Lexikon.de
Created:: 2014-01-27 20:01:18
Last edit:: 2021-12-17 11:14:41

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Péron, 1804

Synonyms:
Dipleurosoma ellipticum Brooks, 1906
Pyrosoma atlanticum dipleurosoma Metcalf & Hopkins, 1919
Pyrosoma atlanticum echinatum Metcalf & Hopkins, 1919
Pyrosoma atlanticum f. elegans Lesueur, 1815
Pyrosoma atlanticum hawaiiense Metcalf & Hopkins, 1919
Pyrosoma atlanticum intermedium Metcalf & Hopkins, 1919
Pyrosoma atlanticum paradoxum Metcalf & Hopkins, 1919
Pyrosoma atlanticum triangulum Neumann, 1913
Pyrosoma atlanticum var. giganteum Lesueur, 1815
Pyrosoma atlanticum var. levatum Seeliger, 1895
Pyrosoma atlanticum var. tuberculosum Seeliger, 1895
Pyrosoma benthica Monniot & Monniot, 1966
Pyrosoma elegans Lesueur, 1813
Pyrosoma ellipticum (Brooks, 1906)
Pyrosoma giganteum Lesueur, 1815
Pyrosoma giganteum var. atlanticum Péron, 1804
Pyrosoma rufum Quoy & Gaimard, 1824
Pyrosoma triangulum Neumann, 1909

Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Chordata (Phylum) > Tunicata (Subphylum) > Thaliacea (Class) > Pyrosomatida (Order) > Pyrosomatidae (Family) > Pyrosomatinae (Subfamily) > Pyrosoma (Genus)

Scientific paper

Mass deposition event of Pyrosoma atlanticum carcasses off Ivory Coast (West Africa), Lebrato, M.; Jones, D. O. B. , 2009
Polar and Neutral Lipid Composition in the Pelagic TunicatePyrosoma atlanticum, Patrick Mayzaud; Marc Boutoute; Renzo Perissinotto; Peter Nichols, 2007
Pyrosoma atlanticum (Tunicata, Thaliacea): diel migration and vertical distribution as a function of colony size, Andersen, Valérie; Sardou, Jacques , 1994
Junctional complexes of the branchia and gut of the tunicate,Pyrosoma atlanticum(Pyrosomatida, Thaliacea), P. Burighel; G. B. Martinucci; N. J. Lane; R. Dallai, 1992
Pyrosoma atlanticum (Tunicata, Thaliacea): grazing impact on phytoplankton standing stock and role in organic carbon flux, Drits, Alexander V.; Arashkevich, Elena G.; Semenova, Tatjana N., 1992
Spermatogenesis inPyrosoma atlanticum(Tunicata: Thaliacea: Pyrosomatida): Implications for tunicate phylogeny, L. Z. Holland, 1990

External links

Distribution, associations and role in the biological carbon pump of Pyrosoma atlanticum (Tunicata, Thaliacea) off Cabo Verde, NE Atlantic (en). Abgerufen am 10.02.2024.
MarinelifePhotography Keoki Stender (en). Abgerufen am 07.08.2020.
SeaLifeBase (multi). Abgerufen am 07.08.2020.
Unterwasserwelt-Mittelmeer (de). Abgerufen am 07.08.2020.
Wikipedia (de). Abgerufen am 07.08.2020.
Wikipedia englisch (en). Abgerufen am 07.08.2020.
World Register of Marine Species (WoRMS) (en). Abgerufen am 07.08.2020.

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Pyrosoma atlanticum, planktonic (free-floating), colonial tunicates,Morro Strand State Beach,Morro Bay, California 2020

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