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Molgula manhattensis Sea grapes

Molgula manhattensis is commonly referred to as Sea grapes. Difficulty in the aquarium: niveau expert! très difficile à garder!. Toxicity: Toxic hazard unknown.


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lexID:
6129 
AphiaID:
103788 
Scientific:
Molgula manhattensis 
German:
Meertraube, Blaugrüne Seescheide 
English:
Sea Grapes 
Category:
Ascidies 
Family tree:
Animalia (Kingdom) > Chordata (Phylum) > Ascidiacea (Class) > Stolidobranchia (Order) > Molgulidae (Family) > Molgula (Genus) > manhattensis (Species) 
Initial determination:
(De Kay, ), 1843 
Occurrence:
the Baltic Sea, the North Sea, Arctic (North Polar Sea), Argentina, Australia, Canada Eastern Pacific, European Coasts, Gulf of Maine, Gulf of Mexico, Indo Pacific, Japan, North Atlantic Ocean, Portugal, Scandinavia, the Mediterranean Sea, USA, West-Atlantic Ocean 
Sea depth:
0 - 90 Meter 
Size:
0.39" - 1.97" (1cm - 5cm) 
Temperature:
8,4 °F - 24,3 °F (8,4°C - 24,3°C) 
Food:
Detritus, Filter feeder, Plankton, Suspension feeder 
Difficulty:
niveau expert! très difficile à garder! 
Offspring:
Not available as offspring 
Toxicity:
Toxic hazard unknown 
CITES:
Not evaluated 
Red List:
Not evaluated (NE) 
Related species at
Catalog of Life
:
  • Molgula amesophleba
  • Molgula antiborealis
  • Molgula appendiculata
  • Molgula arenata
  • Molgula bacca
  • Molgula bisinus
  • Molgula bleizi
  • Molgula bourbonis
  • Molgula calvata
  • Molgula caminae
 
Author:
Publisher:
Meerwasser-Lexikon.de
Created:
Last edit:
2020-04-01 19:37:15 

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(DeKay, 1843)

Molgula manhattensis is a highly invasive species and host of the copepods Notodelphys canui Roland, 1963, Lichomolgus canui Sars G.O., 1917
Doropygus laticornis Wilson C.B., 1932.

Synonyms:

Ascidea manhattensis De Kay, 1843
Ascidia amphora Agassiz, 1850
Ascidia ampulloides Beneden, 1846
Ascidia manhattensis (De Kay, 1843)
Ascidia tubifera Örstedt, 1844
Caesira ampulloides (Beneden, 1846)
Caesira manhattensis (De Kay, 1843)
Caesira sordida (Stimpson, 1852)
Gymnocystis ampulloides (Beneden, 1846)
Gymnocystis manhattensis (De Kay, 1843)
Molgula ampulloides (Beneden, 1846)
Molgula caepiformis Herdman & Sorby, 1882
Molgula dentifera Damas, 1904
Molgula lutkeniana Traustedt, 1893
Molgula sordida Stimpson, 1852

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