Pycnoclavella taureanensis Dwarf Light Bulbtunicate

Pycnoclavella taureanensis is commonly referred to as Dwarf Light Bulbtunicate. Difficulty in the aquarium: Not suitable for aquarium keeping. Toxicity: Toxic hazard unknown.

Profile

lexID:

11465 

AphiaID:

103558 

Scientific:

Pycnoclavella taureanensis 

German:

Winzige Zwergseescheide 

English:

Dwarf Light Bulbtunicate 

Category:

Sea Squirts 

Family tree:

Animalia (Kingdom) > Chordata (Phylum) > Ascidiacea (Class) > Aplousobranchia (Order) > Clavelinidae (Family) > Pycnoclavella (Genus) > taureanensis (Species) 

Initial determination:

Brunetti, 1991 

Occurrence:

Ghana, Benin, Gambia, West Sahara, Balearic Islands, Cameroon, East-Atlantic Ocean, Equatorial Guinea, Madeira, Morocco, Nigeria, Northern Africa, Portugal, São Tomé e Principé, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Spain, The Gulf of Guinea, the Ivory Coast, the Mediterranean Sea, Togo, West Africa 

Sea depth:

1 - 45 Meter 

Size:

0" - 0.39" (0,5cm - 1,2cm) 

Temperature:

°F - 80.6 °F (°C - 27°C) 

Food:

Filter feeder, Plankton 

Difficulty:

Not suitable for aquarium keeping 

Offspring:

None 

Toxicity:

Toxic hazard unknown 

CITES:

Not evaluated 

Red List:

Not evaluated (NE) 

Related species at
Catalog of Life:

• Pycnoclavella arenosa
• Pycnoclavella aurantia
• Pycnoclavella aurilucens
• Pycnoclavella belizeana
• Pycnoclavella detorta
• 
  Pycnoclavella diminuta
  Weiß-gepunktete Seescheide
• Pycnoclavella elongata
• Pycnoclavella filamentosa
• Pycnoclavella inflorescens
• Pycnoclavella kottae
• Pycnoclavella minuta
• Pycnoclavella narcissus
• Pycnoclavella neapolitana
• 
  Pycnoclavella stanleyi
  Gelbe Seescheide
• 
  Pycnoclavella tabella
  Seescheide
• Pycnoclavella taureanina
• Alle anzeigen

 

More related species
in this lexicon:

• 
  Pycnoclavella communis
  Gewöhnliche Pycnoclavlla, Seescheide
• 
  Pycnoclavella flava
  Seescheide
• 
  Pycnoclavella nana
  Zwerg-Seescheide
• 
  Pycnoclavella taureanensis
  Winzige Zwergseescheide

 

Author:

Meerwasser-Lexikon Team

Publisher:

Meerwasser-Lexikon.de

Created:

2018-03-20 17:22:03 

Last edit:

2018-03-21 16:11:50 

Info

Pictures

Commonly

Husbandry know-how of owners