Pyura spinifera Giant sea tulip

Pyura spinifera is commonly referred to as Giant sea tulip. Difficulty in the aquarium: Pas pour l'aquarium!. Toxicity: Toxic hazard unknown.

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lexID:

10894 

AphiaID:

251300 

Scientific:

Pyura spinifera 

German:

Riesen Meertulpe 

English:

Giant Sea Tulip 

Category:

Ascidies 

Family tree:

Animalia (Kingdom) > Chordata (Phylum) > Ascidiacea (Class) > Stolidobranchia (Order) > Pyuridae (Family) > Pyura (Genus) > spinifera (Species) 

Initial determination:

(Quoy & Gaimard, ), 1834 

Occurrence:

Australia, Endemic species, New South Wales (Australia), New Zealand 

Sea depth:

1 - 80 Meter 

Size:

up to 12.6" (32 cm) 

Temperature:

°F - 78.8 °F (°C - 26°C) 

Food:

Amphipods, Copepods, Detritus, Dissolved inorganic substances) f.e.NaCL,CA, Mag, K, I.P, CO2, Dissolved organic substances, Filter feeder, Plankton 

Difficulty:

Pas pour l'aquarium! 

Offspring:

Not available as offspring 

Toxicity:

Toxic hazard unknown 

CITES:

Not evaluated 

Red List:

Not evaluated (NE) 

Related species at
Catalog of Life:

• Pyura abradata
• Pyura antillarum
• Pyura arenosa
• Pyura aripuensis
• Pyura australia
• Pyura bouvetensis
• Pyura breviramosa
• Pyura capensis
• 
  Pyura chilensis
  Chilenische Seescheide
• Pyura columna
• Pyura confragosa
• Pyura crassacapitata
• Pyura curvigona
• Pyura discoveryi
• Pyura dura
• 
  Pyura elongata
  Längliche Seescheide
• Pyura fissa
• Pyura gangelion
• Pyura georgiana
• 
  Pyura gibbosa
  See-Tulpe
• 
  Pyura haustor
  Solitäre Seescheide
• Pyura hebridensis
• Pyura herdmanni
• Pyura honu
• Pyura irregularis
• Pyura isobella
• Pyura lanka
• Pyura legumen
• Pyura lepidoderma
• Pyura lignosa
• Pyura littoralis
• Pyura lycoperdon
• 
  Pyura microcosmus
  Seescheide
• 
  Pyura mirabilis
  Aladdins Wunderlampe
• Pyura mozambica
• Pyura mulguloides
• Pyura multiruga
• Pyura navicula
• Pyura obesa
• Pyura ostreophila
• 
  Pyura pachydermatina
  See-Tulpe
• Pyura paessleri
• Pyura pantex
• Pyura pennata
• Pyura pilosa
• Pyura polycarpa
• 
  Pyura praeputialis
  Seescheide
• Pyura rapaformis
• Pyura robusta
• Pyura sacciformis
• Pyura sansibarica
• Pyura scortea
• 
  Pyura setosa
  Seescheide
• 
  Pyura spinifera
  Riesen Meertulpe
• Pyura spinosa
• Pyura squamata
• 
  Pyura squamulosa
  Seescheide
• 
  Pyura stolonifera
  Cunjevoi-Seescheide
• Pyura stubenrauchi
• Pyura styeliformis
• Pyura subuculata
• Pyura tasmanensis
• Pyura tessellata
• Pyura tunica
• Pyura turqueti
• Pyura typica
• Pyura viarecta
• Pyura vittata
• Alle anzeigen

 

More related species
in this lexicon:

• 
  Pyura doppelgangera
  "Doppelgänger-Seescheide"

 

Author:

Meerwasser-Lexikon Team

Publisher:

Meerwasser-Lexikon.de

Created:

2017-07-07 21:18:03 

Last edit:

2022-02-06 09:15:32 

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