Pycnoclavella communis Common Pinhead Sea Squirt

Pycnoclavella communis is commonly referred to as Common Pinhead Sea Squirt. Difficulty in the aquarium: Not suitable for aquarium keeping. Toxicity: Toxic hazard unknown.

Dennis Rabeling, Lanzarote, Kanarischen Inseln

Pycnoclavella communis,Las Palmas, ES-CN, ES 2024

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Scientific:: Pycnoclavella communis
German:: Gewöhnliche Pycnoclavlla, Seescheide
English:: Common Pinhead Sea Squirt

Category:: Асцидия

Family tree:: Animalia (Kingdom) > Chordata (Phylum) > Ascidiacea (Class) > Aplousobranchia (Order) > Clavelinidae (Family) > Pycnoclavella (Genus) > communis (Species)
Initial determination:: Pérez-Portela, Duran & Turon, 2007

Occurrence:: North Atlantic Ocean, Northeast Atlantic, the Canary Islands, the Mediterranean Sea
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:: 4 - 60 Meter
Habitats:: Seawater, Sea water
Size:: 0,5 cm
Temperature:: °F - 75.2 °F (°C - 24°C)
Food:: Filter feeder, Plankton
Difficulty:: Not suitable for aquarium keeping
Offspring:: Not available as offspring
Toxicity:: Toxic hazard unknown