Polycitor adriaticus Sea squirt

Polycitor adriaticus is commonly referred to as Sea squirt. Difficulty in the aquarium: Experts only! Very hard to keep. Toxicity: Toxic hazard unknown.

Profile

lexID:

6115 

AphiaID:

103625 

Scientific:

Polycitor adriaticus 

German:

Schmutzigweiße Seescheidenkolonie 

English:

Sea Squirt 

Category:

Sea Squirts 

Family tree:

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

Initial determination:

(Drasche, ), 1883 

Occurrence:

Adriatic Sea (Mediterranean), the Mediterranean Sea 

Sea depth:

bis 50 Meter 

Size:

up to 5.91" (15 cm) 

Temperature:

°F - 73.4 °F (°C - 23°C) 

Food:

Filter feeder, Plankton, Suspension feeder 

Difficulty:

Experts only! Very hard to keep 

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:

2013-09-29 18:59:34 

Last edit:

2017-09-21 23:01:32 

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