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.

Boltenia ovifera
Scientific classification Edit this 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)[1]
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

References

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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]
  • 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.