Botrylloides anceps Ascidian

Botrylloides anceps is commonly referred to as Ascidian. Difficulty in the aquarium: Not suitable for aquarium keeping. Toxicity: Toxic hazard unknown.

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Botrylloides anceps, Australia 2021

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lexID:: 16045
AphiaID:: 251551

Scientific:: Botrylloides anceps
German:: Seescheide
English:: Ascidian

Category:: Ascidies

Family tree:: Animalia (Kingdom) > Chordata (Phylum) > Ascidiacea (Class) > Stolidobranchia (Order) > Styelidae (Family) > Botrylloides (Genus) > anceps (Species)
Initial determination:: (Herdman, ), 1891

Occurrence:: Australia, Gulf of Mexico, Indo Pacific, Israel, Mexico (East Pacific), New Caledonia, New Zealand, North-West-Atlantic, South-Pazific
Sea depth:: 5 - 35 Meter
Size:: 0" - 0" (0,15cm - 0,2cm)
Food:: Filter feeder, Plankton
Difficulty:: Not suitable for aquarium keeping
Offspring:: None
Toxicity:: Toxic hazard unknown

CITES:

Not evaluated

Red List:

Not evaluated (NE)

More related species in this lexicon:

Author:: Meerwasser-Lexikon Team
Publisher:: Meerwasser-Lexikon.de
Created:: 2023-11-07 12:54:22
Last edit:: 2023-11-07 13:00:53

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Botrylloides anceps (Herdman, 1891)

Botrylloides is a genus of colonial sea squirts in the family Styelidae. Zooids are 1.5-2mm tall. They are filter feeders.

Synonymised names
Botryllus anceps (Herdman, 1891) · unaccepted (new combination)
Botryllus gracilis Michaelsen, 1927 · unaccepted (synonym)
Botryllus pupureus (Oka, 1932) · unaccepted (misspelling)
Botryllus purpureus (Oka, 1932) · unaccepted (new combination)
Botryllus rufus (Oka, 1927) · unaccepted (new combination)
Polycyclus rufus Oka, 1927 · unaccepted (original combination)
Psammobothrus purpureus Oka, 1932 · unaccepted (synonym)
Psammobotrus purpureum Oka, 1932 · unaccepted (literature misspelling)
Psammobotrus purpureus Oka, 1932 · unaccepted (original combination)
Sarcobotrylloides anceps Herdman, 1891 · unaccepted (original combination)

External links

EOL (en). Abgerufen am 07.11.2023.
inaturalist (en). Abgerufen am 07.11.2023.
National Library of Medicine (en). Abgerufen am 07.11.2023.
Roboastra (en). Abgerufen am 07.11.2023.
treatment.plazi.org (en). Abgerufen am 07.11.2023.

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