Botrylloides diegensis San Diego Tunicate

Botrylloides diegensis is commonly referred to as San Diego Tunicate. Difficulty in the aquarium: Not suitable for aquarium keeping. Toxicity: Toxic hazard unknown.

Profile

lexID:

6625 

AphiaID:

252278 

Scientific:

Botrylloides diegensis 

German:

San Diego Seescheide 

English:

San Diego Tunicate 

Category:

Sea Squirts 

Family tree:

Animalia (Kingdom) > Chordata (Phylum) > Ascidiacea (Class) > Stolidobranchia (Order) > Styelidae (Family) > Botrylloides (Genus) > diegensis (Species) 

Initial determination:

Ritter & Forsyth, 1917 

Occurrence:

Tunesien, Belgium, Corea, English Channel, France, Gulf of California, Gulf of Maine, Invasive Species, Ireland, Italy, Japan, Netherlands, New Zealand, North Atlantic Ocean, Northeast Pacific Ocean, Spain, the British Isles, the Mediterranean Sea, USA 

Marine Zone:

Subtidal, sublittoral, infralittoral, deep zone of the oceans from the lower limit of the intertidal zone (intertidal) to the shelf edge at about 200 m water depth. neritic. 

Sea depth:

Meter 

Habitats:

Port facilities, Rocky, hard seabeds, Seawater, Sea water, Stony soils 

Size:

up to 19.69" (50 cm) 

Temperature:

73.4 °F - 78.8 °F (23°C - 26°C) 

Food:

Phytoplankton, Plankton, Suspension feeder 

Difficulty:

Not suitable for aquarium keeping 

Offspring:

None 

Toxicity:

Toxic hazard unknown 

CITES:

Not evaluated 

Red List:

Not evaluated (NE) 

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• 
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• 
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• 
  Botrylloides magnicoecus
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• 
  Botrylloides niger
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• 
  Botrylloides perspicuus
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• 
  Botrylloides pizoni
  Pizon´s Seescheide
• 
  Botrylloides sp. 01
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• 
  Botrylloides sp. 02
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• 
  Botrylloides sp.04
  koloniebildende Seescheide
• 
  Botrylloides violaceus
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Author:

Meerwasser-Lexikon Team

Publisher:

Meerwasser-Lexikon.de

Created:

2014-01-19 10:49:25 

Last edit:

2025-06-24 15:39:52 

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