Polycarpa pigmentata

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Sea Squirt (Polycarpa pigmentata)Nudi Retreat II, Lembeh Strait, Sulawesi, INDONESIA 2009

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Sea Squirt (Polycarpa pigmentata) covered by another Pink Tunicate (Didemnum sp.) with two (Polycarpa aurata) on the right , Tanjung, Bunaken Island, Sulawesi, INDONESIA 2009

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lexID:: 10168

Scientific:: Polycarpa pigmentata
German:: Seescheide
English:: Sea squirt

Category:: Ascidies
Family tree:: Animalia (Kingdom) > Chordata (Phylum) > Ascidiacea (Class) > Stolidobranchia (Order) > Styelidae (Family) > Polycarpa (Genus) > pigmentata (Species)
Initial determination:: (Herdman, ), 1906

Occurrence:: Lembeh Strait, Australie, Fidji, indo pacifique, Indonésie, Pacifique Ouest, Pacifique Sud, Philippines, Sulawesi
Sea depth:: 1 - 62 Meter
Size:: 8 cm - 15 cm
Temperature:: 22°C - 28°C
Food:: Suspension feeder, Filter feeder, plancton
Difficulty:: Pas pour l'aquarium!

Toxicity:: Toxic hazard unknown
Red List:: Not evaluated (NE)

Related species at Catalog of Life:

Polycarpa aernbaeckae
Polycarpa albatrossi
Polycarpa albopunctata
Polycarpa anguinea
Polycarpa argentata
Polycarpa arnoldi
Polycarpa aspera
Polycarpa atromarginata
Polycarpa aurata
Goldseescheide
Polycarpa aurita
Polycarpa beuziti
Polycarpa biforis
Polycarpa biscayensis
Polycarpa camptos
Polycarpa carpocincta
Polycarpa cartilaginea
Polycarpa chinensis
Polycarpa clavata
Seescheide
Polycarpa colletti
Polycarpa comata
Polycarpa contecta
Polycarpa cryptocarpa
Polycarpa decipiens
Polycarpa directa
Polycarpa discoidea
Polycarpa ecuadorensis
Polycarpa errans
Polycarpa fibrosa
Polycarpa flava
Polycarpa fungiformis
Polycarpa glebosa
Polycarpa gracilis
Polycarpa gradata
Polycarpa hartmeyeri
Polycarpa indiana
Polycarpa insulsa
Polycarpa intonata
Polycarpa itera
Polycarpa kapala
Polycarpa longiformis
Polycarpa macra
Polycarpa maculata
Polycarpa madagascariensis
Polycarpa mamillaris
Polycarpa maruhi
Polycarpa minuta
Polycarpa molguloides
Polycarpa muelleri
Polycarpa mytiligera
Polycarpa nigerrima
Polycarpa nigricans
Polycarpa nota
Polycarpa obscura
Polycarpa obtecta
Polycarpa offa
Polycarpa olitoria
Polycarpa ovata
Polycarpa palinorosa
Polycarpa papillata
Polycarpa papyra
Polycarpa patens
Polycarpa pedunculata
Polycarpa pentarhiza
Polycarpa perstellata
Polycarpa pigmentata
Seescheide
Polycarpa plantei
Polycarpa plenovata
Polycarpa pomaria
Polycarpa porculus
Polycarpa pori
Polycarpa procera
Polycarpa producta
Polycarpa psammodes
Polycarpa pseudoalbatrossi
Polycarpa reniformis
Polycarpa reviviscens
Polycarpa richeri
Polycarpa rigida
Polycarpa rima
Polycarpa rubida
Polycarpa simplicigona
Polycarpa sobria
Polycarpa spongiabilis
Riesenseescheide
Polycarpa stirpes
Polycarpa suesana
Polycarpa thelyphanes
Polycarpa tinctor
Polycarpa tinctorella
Polycarpa tokiokai
Polycarpa triruga
Polycarpa tumida
Polycarpa twynami
Polycarpa vankampeni
Polycarpa violacea
Polycarpa viridis
Polycarpa willisi

Author:: Meerwasser-Lexikon Team
Publisher:: Meerwasser-Lexikon.de
Created:: 2016-11-17 20:27:26
Last edit:: 2016-11-17 20:57:20

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Polycarpa pigmentata (Herdman, 1906)

Polycarpa pigmentata is a large sea squirt with a wrinkled leathery body and a pair of siphons.This sea squirt inhabit hard substrates in shallow water with a good water movement.The body is covered by a lot of other organism, including other tunicates.

This large solitary sea squirt is a suspension feeder .Better left in the wild !

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