Ciona edwardsi Yellow sea squirt

Ciona edwardsi is commonly referred to as Yellow sea squirt. Difficulty in the aquarium: Problematisk. Toxicity: Toxic hazard unknown.

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lexID:

8940 

AphiaID:

103728 

Scientific:

Ciona edwardsi 

German:

Seescheide 

English:

Yellow Sea Squirt 

Category:

Sjøpunger 

Family tree:

Animalia (Kingdom) > Chordata (Phylum) > Ascidiacea (Class) > Phlebobranchia (Order) > Cionidae (Family) > Ciona (Genus) > edwardsi (Species) 

Initial determination:

Roule, 1884 

Occurrence:

the Black Sea, European Coasts, North Atlantic Ocean, the Mediterranean Sea 

Size:

up to 1.18" (3 cm) 

Temperature:

°F - 78.8 °F (°C - 26°C) 

Food:

Phytoplankton 

Difficulty:

Problematisk 

Offspring:

None 

Toxicity:

Toxic hazard unknown 

CITES:

Not evaluated 

Related species at
Catalog of Life:

• Ciona antarctica
• Ciona hoshinoi
• Ciona imperfecta
• 
  Ciona intestinalis
  Schlauchseescheide
• Ciona pomponiae
• 
  Ciona savignyi
  Seescheide

 

More related species
in this lexicon:

• 
  Ciona edwardsi
  Seescheide
• 
  Ciona roulii
  Rote Seescheide

 

Author:

Meerwasser-Lexikon Team

Publisher:

Meerwasser-Lexikon.de

Created:

2015-11-08 18:51:27 

Last edit:

2015-11-08 18:51:27 

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