Botrylloides violaceus Purple Colonial Tunicate, Chain Tunicates

Botrylloides violaceus is commonly referred to as Purple Colonial Tunicate, Chain Tunicates. Difficulty in the aquarium: There are no reports available yet that this animal has already been kept in captivity successfully. Toxicity: Toxic hazard unknown.

Profile

lexID:

6119 

AphiaID:

148715 

Scientific:

Botrylloides violaceus 

German:

Koloniale Seescheide 

English:

Purple Colonial Tunicate, Chain Tunicates 

Category:

Sea Squirts 

Family tree:

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

Initial determination:

Oka, 1927 

Occurrence:

cosmopolitan species, Invasive Species 

Sea depth:

0 - 2 Meter 

Size:

up to 5.91" (15 cm) 

Temperature:

46.4 °F - 77 °F (8°C - 25°C) 

Food:

Filter feeder, Plankton, Suspension feeder 

Difficulty:

There are no reports available yet that this animal has already been kept in captivity successfully 

Offspring:

None 

Toxicity:

Toxic hazard unknown 

CITES:

Not evaluated 

Red List:

Not evaluated (NE) 

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in this lexicon:

• 
  Botrylloides anceps
  Seescheide
• 
  Botrylloides crystallinus
  Kristallkugel-Seescheide
• 
  Botrylloides diegensis
  San Diego Seescheide
• 
  Botrylloides giganteus
  Seescheide
• 
  Botrylloides leachii
  Dunkle Seescheide
• 
  Botrylloides magnicoecus
  Seescheide
• 
  Botrylloides niger
  Flache Seescheide
• 
  Botrylloides perspicuus
  Koloniale Seescheide
• 
  Botrylloides sp. 01
  Mäander-Seescheide
• 
  Botrylloides sp. 02
  Seescheide
• 
  Botrylloides sp. 03
  Seescheide
• 
  Botrylloides sp. 04
  koloniebildende Seescheide
• 
  Botrylloides violaceus
  Koloniale Seescheide

 

Author:

Meerwasser-Lexikon Team

Publisher:

Meerwasser-Lexikon.de

Created:

2013-09-30 19:07:07 

Last edit:

2017-08-02 21:07:06 

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