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Asterocarpa coerulea Blue Siphon Sea Squirt

Asterocarpa coerulea is commonly referred to as Blue Siphon Sea Squirt. Difficulty in the aquarium: Not suitable for aquarium keeping. Toxicity: Toxic hazard unknown.

Profilbild Urheber Javier Couper (Predomalpha), New Zealand

Asterocarpa coerulea,A common find in the intertidal zone of NZ.2018


Courtesy of the author Javier Couper (Predomalpha), New Zealand Photo taken by Javier Couper. Please visit www.inaturalist.org for more information.

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lexID:
12820 
AphiaID:
250046 
Scientific:
Asterocarpa coerulea 
German:
Blauer Siphon-Seescheide 
English:
Blue Siphon Sea Squirt 
Category:
Sea Squirts 
Family tree:
Animalia (Kingdom) > Chordata (Phylum) > Ascidiacea (Class) > Stolidobranchia (Order) > Styelidae (Family) > Asterocarpa (Genus) > coerulea (Species) 
Initial determination:
(Quoy & Gaimard, ), 1834 
Occurrence:
New Zealand 
Sea depth:
Meter 
Size:
0.79" - 1.57" (2cm - 4cm) 
Temperature:
51.8 °F - 64.4 °F (11°C - 18°C) 
Food:
Filter feeder, Plankton 
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:
  • Asterocarpa humilis
 
More related species
in this lexicon:
 
Author:
Publisher:
Meerwasser-Lexikon.de
Created:
Last edit:
2020-02-27 19:45:54 

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Asterocarpa coerulea (Quoy & Gaimard, 1834)

Solitary ascidian, can often have a blue cast . They are found in the low intertidal to subtidal. Diet: filter feeder.

Synonymised names:
Ascidia coerulea Quoy & Gaimard, 1834 (original combination)
Cnemidocarpa coerulea (Quoy & Gaimard, 1834) (new combination)
Styela coerulea (Quoy & Gaimard, 1834) (new combination)

External links

  1. World Register of Marine Species (WoRMS) (en). Abgerufen am 07.08.2020.

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Asterocarpa coerulea,A common find in the intertidal zone of NZ.2018

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