Halocynthia pyriformis sea peach

Halocynthia pyriformis is commonly referred to as sea peach. Difficulty in the aquarium: Not suitable for home aquaria!. Toxicity: Toxic hazard unknown.

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lexID:

4609 

AphiaID:

103828 

Scientific:

Halocynthia pyriformis 

German:

Seescheide 

English:

Sea Peach 

Category:

Sea Squirts 

Family tree:

Animalia (Kingdom) > Chordata (Phylum) > Ascidiacea (Class) > Stolidobranchia (Order) > Pyuridae (Family) > Halocynthia (Genus) > pyriformis (Species) 

Initial determination:

(Rathke, ), 1806 

Occurrence:

Arctic (North Polar Sea), Canada Eastern Pacific, Corea, Iceland, North Atlantic Ocean, Scandinavia, the Faroe Islands, USA, Western Pacific Ocean 

Sea depth:

18 - 1799 Meter 

Size:

3.94" - 5.12" (10cm - 13cm) 

Temperature:

39.2 °F - 51.8 °F (4°C - 11°C) 

Food:

Clams, Crabs, Crustaceans, Invertebrates, Phytoplankton, Schrimps, Snails, Zooplankton 

Difficulty:

Not suitable for home aquaria! 

Offspring:

None 

Toxicity:

Toxic hazard unknown 

CITES:

Not evaluated 

Red List:

Not evaluated (NE) 

Related species at
Catalog of Life:

• 
  Halocynthia aurantium
  Pazifischer See-Pfirsich
• Halocynthia cactus
• Halocynthia dumosa
• Halocynthia hilgendorfi
• 
  Halocynthia igaboja
  Borstige Seescheide
• Halocynthia okai
• 
  Halocynthia papillosa
  Rote Seescheide
• 
  Halocynthia pyriformis
  Seescheide
• 
  Halocynthia roretzi
  See-Ananas, Seescheide
• 
  Halocynthia spinosa
  Stachelige-Seescheide, Kaktus-Seescheide

 

Author:

Meerwasser-Lexikon Team

Publisher:

Meerwasser-Lexikon.de

Created:

2012-09-07 20:04:28 

Last edit:

2020-04-01 17:31:33 

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