Polycitor giganteus Giant jelly ascidian

Polycitor giganteus is commonly referred to as Giant jelly ascidian. Difficulty in the aquarium: Not suitable for aquarium keeping. Toxicity: Toxic hazard unknown.

Profile

lexID:

11061 

AphiaID:

251089 

Scientific:

Polycitor giganteus 

German:

Seescheide 

English:

Giant Jelly Ascidian 

Category:

Sea Squirts 

Family tree:

Animalia (Kingdom) > Chordata (Phylum) > Ascidiacea (Class) > Aplousobranchia (Order) > Polycitoridae (Family) > Polycitor (Genus) > giganteus (Species) 

Initial determination:

(Herdman, ), 1899 

Occurrence:

Australia, Bass Strait, Papua New Guinea, Tasmania (Australia) 

Sea depth:

7 - 30.400 Meter 

Size:

2.36" - 11.81" (6cm - 30cm) 

Temperature:

14,5 °F - 25,6 °F (14,5°C - 25,6°C) 

Food:

Copepods, Filter feeder, Zooplankton 

Difficulty:

Not suitable for aquarium keeping 

Offspring:

None 

Toxicity:

Toxic hazard unknown 

CITES:

Not evaluated 

Red List:

Not evaluated (NE) 

Related species at
Catalog of Life:

• 
  Polycitor adriaticus
  Schmutzigweiße Seescheidenkolonie
• Polycitor africanus
• Polycitor annulus
• Polycitor calamus
• Polycitor cerasus
• Polycitor circes
• Polycitor clava
• Polycitor columna
• Polycitor crystallinus
• Polycitor emergens
• Polycitor epicolon
• 
  Polycitor giganteus
  Seescheide
• Polycitor glareosus
• Polycitor nubilus
• Polycitor obeliscus
• Polycitor profundus
• Polycitor proliferus
• Polycitor searli
• Polycitor subarborensis
• Polycitor translucidus
• Alle anzeigen

 

Author:

Meerwasser-Lexikon Team

Publisher:

Meerwasser-Lexikon.de

Created:

2017-09-21 22:32:05 

Last edit:

2017-09-22 09:48:26 

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