Microcosmus nudistigma Sea-squirt

Microcosmus nudistigma is commonly referred to as Sea-squirt. Difficulty in the aquarium: Experts only! Very hard to keep. Toxicity: Toxic hazard unknown.

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lexID:

6074 

AphiaID:

103841 

Scientific:

Microcosmus nudistigma 

German:

Seescheide 

English:

Sea-squirt 

Category:

Sea Squirts 

Family tree:

Animalia (Kingdom) > Chordata (Phylum) > Ascidiacea (Class) > Stolidobranchia (Order) > Pyuridae (Family) > Microcosmus (Genus) > nudistigma (Species) 

Initial determination:

Monniot C., 1962 

Occurrence:

Adriatic Sea (Mediterranean), East-Atlantic Ocean, European Coasts, North Atlantic Ocean, the Mediterranean Sea 

Size:

up to 1.97" (5 cm) 

Temperature:

°F - 73.4 °F (°C - 23°C) 

Food:

Plankton 

Difficulty:

Experts only! Very hard to keep 

Offspring:

None 

Toxicity:

Toxic hazard unknown 

CITES:

Not evaluated 

Related species at
Catalog of Life:

• Microcosmus anomalocarpus
• Microcosmus arenaceus
• Microcosmus australis
• Microcosmus bitunicatus
• Microcosmus claudicans
• Microcosmus curvus
• Microcosmus exasperatus
• Microcosmus formosa
• Microcosmus glacialis
• Microcosmus helleri
• Microcosmus hernius
• Microcosmus longicloa
• Microcosmus madagascariensis
• Microcosmus miniaceus
• Microcosmus multiplicatus
• 
  Microcosmus nudistigma
  Seescheide
• Microcosmus oligophyllus
• Microcosmus pacificus
• Microcosmus planus
• Microcosmus polymorphus
• Microcosmus propinquus
• Microcosmus psammiferus
• Microcosmus pupa
• 
  Microcosmus sabatieri
  Seescheide
• Microcosmus santoensis
• Microcosmus savignyi
• Microcosmus squamiger
• Microcosmus stoloniferus
• Microcosmus tuberculatus
• Microcosmus vesiculosus
• Microcosmus vulgaris
• Alle anzeigen

 

Author:

Meerwasser-Lexikon Team

Publisher:

Meerwasser-Lexikon.de

Created:

2013-09-18 21:01:44 

Last edit:

2013-09-18 21:01:44 

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