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Perophora modificata Knott's Sea Squirt Colony

Perophora modificata is commonly referred to as Knott's Sea Squirt Colony. Difficulty in the aquarium: Not suitable for aquarium keeping. Toxicity: Toxic hazard unknown.

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Yellow Sea Squirts Perophora modificata ,Bunaken, Sulawesi, INDONESIA 2003


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lexID:
10174 
AphiaID:
250613 
Scientific:
Perophora modificata 
German:
Knotts Seescheiden Kolonie 
English:
Knott's Sea Squirt Colony 
Category:
Асцидия 
Family tree:
Animalia (Kingdom) > Chordata (Phylum) > Ascidiacea (Class) > Phlebobranchia (Order) > Perophoridae (Family) > Perophora (Genus) > modificata (Species) 
Initial determination:
Kott, 1985 
Occurrence:
Australia, Bunaken, China, Coral sea (Eastern Australia), Great Barrier Reef, Indian Ocean, Indo Pacific, Indonesia, Mexico (East Pacific), Mozambique, New Caledonia, Palau, Papua New Guinea, Philippines, Queensland (Australia), Sulawesi, Western Pacific Ocean 
Marine Zone:
Subtidal, sublittoral, infralittoral, deep zone of the oceans from the lower limit of the intertidal zone (intertidal) to the shelf edge at about 200 m water depth. neritic. 
Sea depth:
17 - 27 Meter 
Habitats:
Lagoons, Overhangs, Seawater, Sea water, Underwater caves, Underwater caverns 
Size:
1,0 cm 
Temperature:
24,7 °F - 28,9 °F (24,7°C - 28,9°C) 
Food:
Filter feeder, Plankton, Suspension feeder 
Difficulty:
Not suitable for aquarium keeping 
Offspring:
Not available as offspring 
Toxicity:
Toxic hazard unknown 
CITES:
Not evaluated 
Red List:
Not evaluated (NE) 
Related species at
Catalog of Life:
  • Perophora annectens
  • Perophora bermudensis
  • Perophora clavata
  • Perophora euphues
  • Perophora hornelli
  • Perophora hutchisoni
  • Perophora jacerens
  • Perophora japonica
  • Perophora listeri
  • Perophora longicaulis
 
More related species
in this lexicon:
 
Author:
Publisher:
Meerwasser-Lexikon.de
Created:
Last edit:
2025-12-20 10:25:37 

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Perophora modificata Kott, 1985

Perophora modificata is a yellow to pale yellowish colonial sea squirt, grows on hard substrates in shallow water subject to good water movement.Size of one individual is 1 cm.

Sea squits are filter feeders. Better left in the wild.

External links

  1. sealifebase (en). Abgerufen am 20.12.2025.

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Yellow Sea Squirts Perophora modificata ,Bunaken, Sulawesi, INDONESIA 2003
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Foto: Raja Ampat, Indonesien
Perophora modificata, 2021

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