Phallusia fumigata Sea squirt

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

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lexID:

6117 

AphiaID:

103722 

Scientific:

Phallusia fumigata 

German:

Schwarze Warzenseescheide 

English:

Sea Squirt 

Category:

Sea Squirts 

Family tree:

Animalia (Kingdom) > Chordata (Phylum) > Ascidiacea (Class) > Phlebobranchia (Order) > Ascidiidae (Family) > Phallusia (Genus) > fumigata (Species) 

Initial determination:

(Grube, ), 1864 

Occurrence:

Adriatic Sea (Mediterranean), East-Atlantic Ocean, European Coasts, North Atlantic Ocean, the British Isles, the Mediterranean Sea 

Size:

3.15" - 5.91" (8cm - 15cm) 

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 

Related species at
Catalog of Life:

• 
  Phallusia arabica
  Seescheide
• Phallusia barbarica
• 
  Phallusia fumigata
  Schwarze Warzenseescheide
• Phallusia ingeria
• 
  Phallusia julinea
  Gelbe Seescheide
• Phallusia koreana
• 
  Phallusia mammillata
  Weiße Warzenseescheide
• Phallusia millari
• 
  Phallusia nigra
  Schwarze Seescheide
• 
  Phallusia obesa
  Dicke Seescheide
• Phallusia suensonii
• Alle anzeigen

 

More related species
in this lexicon:

• 
  Phallusia sp.02
  Seescheide

 

Author:

Meerwasser-Lexikon Team

Publisher:

Meerwasser-Lexikon.de

Created:

2013-09-29 19:52:13 

Last edit:

2013-09-29 19:52:13 

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