Halocynthia papillosa Sea Potato

Halocynthia papillosa is commonly referred to as Sea Potato. Difficulty in the aquarium: Not suitable for aquarium keeping. Toxicity: Toxic hazard unknown.

Profile

lexID:

1717 

AphiaID:

103827 

Scientific:

Halocynthia papillosa 

German:

Rote Seescheide 

English:

Sea Potato 

Category:

Osłonice 

Family tree:

Animalia (Kingdom) > Chordata (Phylum) > Ascidiacea (Class) > Stolidobranchia (Order) > Pyuridae (Family) > Halocynthia (Genus) > papillosa (Species) 

Initial determination:

(Linnaeus, ), 1767 

Occurrence:

Australia, Coral sea (Eastern Australia), European Coasts, France, Greece, New Caledonia, North Atlantic Ocean, Northeast Atlantic, Queensland (Australia), Spain, Tasman Sea, 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:

2 - 44 Meter 

Habitats:

Coastal waters, Rock crevices, Rocky outcrops, Rock ledges, Rocky, hard seabeds, Sandy sea floors, Seagrass meadows, Eelgrass Meadows, Seawater, Sea water, Stony Soils 

Size:

3.94" - 4.72" (10cm - 12cm) 

Temperature:

15,3 °F - 26,3 °F (15,3°C - 26,3°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:

• 
  Halocynthia aurantium
  Pazifischer See-Pfirsich
• Halocynthia cactus
• Halocynthia dumosa
• Halocynthia hilgendorfi
• 
  Halocynthia igaboja
  Borstige Seescheide
• Halocynthia okai
• 
  Halocynthia papillosa
  Rote Seescheide
• 
  Halocynthia pyriformis
  Seescheide
• 
  Halocynthia roretzi
  See-Ananas, Seescheide
• 
  Halocynthia spinosa
  Stachelige-Seescheide, Kaktus-Seescheide

 

Author:

Meerwasser-Lexikon Team

Publisher:

Meerwasser-Lexikon.de

Created:

2005-10-30 17:44:23 

Last edit:

2025-09-12 19:20:53 

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