Ciona intestinalis Sea Vase, Vase Tunicate

Ciona intestinalis is commonly referred to as Sea Vase, Vase Tunicate. Difficulty in the aquarium: Not suitable for aquarium keeping. Toxicity: Toxic hazard unknown.

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lexID:

4295 

AphiaID:

103732 

Scientific:

Ciona intestinalis 

German:

Schlauchseescheide 

English:

Sea Vase, Vase Tunicate 

Category:

Osłonice 

Family tree:

Animalia (Kingdom) > Chordata (Phylum) > Ascidiacea (Class) > Phlebobranchia (Order) > Cionidae (Family) > Ciona (Genus) > intestinalis (Species) 

Initial determination:

(Linnaeus, ), 1767 

Occurrence:

the Baltic Sea, the North Sea, Alaska (Western Atlantic), Albania, Algeria, Antarctica, Argentina, Bass Strait, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Brazil, Canada Eastern Pacific, Chile, Croatia, Danmark, Egypt, English Channel, European Coasts, France, Germany, Greece, Greenland, Hawaii, Italy, Lybia, Monaco, Montenegro, Morocco, Netherlands, New South Wales (Australia), New Zealand, Norway, Peru, Senegal, Slovenia, South Australia, South-Africa, Spain, Tasmania (Australia), the British Isles, the Canary Islands, the Cape Verde Archipelago, the Mediterranean Sea, Western Australia 

Sea depth:

0 - 1000 Meter 

Habitats:

Port facilities, Rocky, hard seabeds, Seawater, Sea water, Stony Soils 

Size:

up to 5.91" (15 cm) 

Temperature:

35.42 °F - 66.2 °F (1.9°C - 19°C) 

Food:

Filter feeder, 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:

• Ciona antarctica
• Ciona hoshinoi
• Ciona imperfecta
• 
  Ciona intestinalis
  Schlauchseescheide
• Ciona pomponiae
• 
  Ciona savignyi
  Seescheide

 

More related species
in this lexicon:

• 
  Ciona edwardsi
  Seescheide
• 
  Ciona roulii
  Rote Seescheide

 

Author:

Meerwasser-Lexikon Team

Publisher:

Meerwasser-Lexikon.de

Created:

2012-04-10 14:38:21 

Last edit:

2025-09-19 10:53:54 

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