Boltenia echinata Spiny-tipped Tunicate

Boltenia echinata is commonly referred to as Spiny-tipped Tunicate. Difficulty in the aquarium: Cold water animal. Toxicity: Toxic hazard unknown.

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lexID:

14951 

AphiaID:

103814 

Scientific:

Boltenia echinata 

German:

Stachelkopf-Seescheide, Kaktus-Seescheide 

English:

Spiny-tipped Tunicate 

Category:

Sea Squirts 

Family tree:

Animalia (Kingdom) > Chordata (Phylum) > Ascidiacea (Class) > Stolidobranchia (Order) > Pyuridae (Family) > Boltenia (Genus) > echinata (Species) 

Initial determination:

(Linnaeus, ), 1767 

Occurrence:

Zirkumpolar, Russland, the North Sea, Arctic (North Polar Sea), Bering Sea, Chukchi Sea, Eastern Pacific Ocean, Greenland, Gulf of Alaska (Pacific), Iceland, Ireland, Japan, North Atlantic Ocean, Norway, Scandinavia, Scotland, Skagerrak (North Sea), Spitsbergen /Svalbard, Sweden, the British Isles, the Faroe Islands, the Isle of Man, the Sea of Okhotsk, West Coast USA, White Sea 

Sea depth:

0 - 1850 Meter 

Habitats:

Seawater, Sea water 

Size:

up to 0.79" (2 cm) 

Temperature:

32.54 °F - 50.9 °F (0.3°C - 10.5°C) 

Food:

Copepods, Filter feeder, Invertebrates, Mucus, Suspension feeder, Zooplankton 

Difficulty:

Cold water animal 

Offspring:

Not available as offspring 

Toxicity:

Toxic hazard unknown 

CITES:

Not evaluated 

Red List:

Not evaluated (NE) 

Related species at
Catalog of Life:

• Boltenia carnea
• 
  Boltenia echinata
  Stachelkopf-Seescheide, Kaktus-Seescheide
• Boltenia hirta
• Boltenia ovifera
• Boltenia pilosa
• 
  Boltenia villosa
  Stachelkopf-Seescheide, Stachelige Seescheide

 

Author:

Meerwasser-Lexikon Team

Publisher:

Meerwasser-Lexikon.de

Created:

2022-07-01 21:11:59 

Last edit:

2024-11-24 20:16:20 

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