Boltenia ovifera

Boltenia ovifera
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Subphylum:	Tunicata
Class:	Ascidiacea
Order:	Stolidobranchia
Family:	Pyuridae
Genus:	Boltenia
Species:	B. ovifera
Binomial name
	Boltenia ovifera; (Linnaeus, 1767)
Synonyms
	Boltenia beringi Dall, 1872 ; Boltenia beringia Dall, 1872 ; Boltenia bolteni (Linnaeus, 1771) ; Boltenia burkhardti Binney, 1870 ; Boltenia ciliata Moeller, 1842 ; Boltenia clavata Mueller, 1776 ; Boltenia elegans Herdman, 1881 ; Boltenia fusiformis Savigny, 1816 ; Boltenia microcosmus Agassiz, 1850 ; Boltenia oviformis (Linnaeus, 1767) ; Boltenia reniformis MacLeay, 1825 ; Boltenia rubra Stimpson, 1852 ; Boltenia thompsoni Hartmeyer, 1903 ; Vorticella ovifera Linnaeus, 1767 ;

Boltenia ovifera is a species of ascidian tunicate in the family Pyuridae. It is found in the Arctic to the South of Cape Fish. Boltenia ovifera has an average lifespan of 6 years and it can house small invertebrate creatures like the tuna. Under a microscope it was observed that they have spines. Inside the tunic, no real organized cellular system was observed. It was also noted that they have a single layer heart, where each cell had a single microfibril.

References

^ Linnaeus C. (1767). Caroli Linnaei...Systema naturae per regna tria naturae: secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. Editio duodecima. 1. Regnum Animale. 1 & 2 Holmiae, Laurentii Salvii. Holmiae [Stockholm], Laurentii Salvii. pp. 1-532 [1766] pp. 533-1327 [1767]

Francis, Fiona T.-Y.; Filbee-Dexter, Karen; Scheibling, Robert E. (2014). "Stalked tunicates Boltenia ovifera form biogenic habitat in the rocky subtidal zone of Nova Scotia". Marine Biology. 161 (6): 1375–1383. doi:10.1007/s00227-014-2425-7.
Boltenia ovifera at WoRMS
Mishra, A. K., & Colvin, J. R. (1969). The microscopic and submicroscopic structure of

the tunic of two ascidians, Boltenia and Molgula. Canadian Journal of Zoology, 47(4), 659-663. https://doi.org/10.1139/69-112

Weiss, James; Morad, Martin (1974). "Single Cell Layered Heart: Electromechanical Properties of the Heart of Boltenia ovifera". Science. 186 (4165): 750–752. doi:10.1126/science.186.4165.750.

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[1] Linnaeus C. (1767). Caroli Linnaei...Systema naturae per regna tria naturae: secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. Editio duodecima. 1. Regnum Animale. 1 & 2 Holmiae, Laurentii Salvii. Holmiae [Stockholm], Laurentii Salvii. pp. 1-532 [1766] pp. 533-1327 [1767]

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