Botryllus closionis Fenced ascidian

Botryllus closionisis commonly referred to as Fenced ascidian. Difficulty in the aquarium: Not suitable for home aquaria!. Toxicity: Toxic hazard unknown.

Johan Swanepoel, Südafrika

Botryllus closionis (Fenced ascidian),Port Elizabeth 2011, Copyright Johan Swanepoel

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lexID:: 9401
AphiaID:: 250088

Scientific:: Botryllus closionis
German:: Seescheide
English:: Fenced Ascidian

Category:: Sea Squirts

Family tree:: Animalia (Kingdom) > Chordata (Phylum) > Ascidiacea (Class) > Stolidobranchia (Order) > Styelidae (Family) > Botryllus (Genus) > closionis (Species)
Initial determination:: Monniot C., Monniot F., Griffiths & Schleyer, 2001

Occurrence:: South-Africa
Sea depth:: 1 - 20 Meter
Size:: up to 3.94" (10 cm)
Temperature:: °F - 62.6 °F (°C - 17°C)
Food:: Filter feeder
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:

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:: 2016-02-27 19:47:00
Last edit:: 2016-02-27 19:47:00

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Botryllus closionis Monniot, Monniot, Griffiths & Schleyer, 2001

The colour is usually red with white.Often found on seaweeds in shallow reef to dephts of 1-20 m. The Fenced ascidian is a filterfeeder.

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

External links

Eastern Cape Scuba Diving (en). Abgerufen am 07.08.2020.
World Register of Marine Species (WoRMS) (en). Abgerufen am 07.08.2020.

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Botryllus closionis (Fenced ascidian),Port Elizabeth 2011, Copyright Johan Swanepoel

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