Red boya - Red boya

Japanese: アカボヤ - あかぼや
Red boya - Red boya

A solitary ascidian belonging to the order Wallacea, class Uricha, and family Piura. It is a large cold-water species with a body length of about 10 cm, occasionally exceeding 20 cm. Its body is long and cylindrical, reddish-orange in color, and its rear end attaches to rocks and reefs. Its outer skin is thin and leathery, and although its surface is smooth, it feels rough to the touch due to the dense growth of tiny spines. Its fascia is thick and can be eaten raw. It is found in the northern Sea of ​​Japan, along the coasts of Hokkaido and the Kuril Islands, through the Sea of ​​Okhotsk and Bering Sea, and up to Puget Sound in Washington State, USA, where it lives in depths of less than 200 meters. A species very similar to this species, the sea peach ( H. pyriformis) , is known to live in the cold waters of the North Atlantic.

[Teruaki Nishikawa]

[Reference] | Hoya

Source: Shogakukan Encyclopedia Nipponica About Encyclopedia Nipponica Information | Legend

Japanese:

原索動物門尾索綱壁性目ピウラ科に属する単体ボヤ。体長10センチメートル程度、まれに20センチメートルを超える冷水系の大形種。体は長円筒形で赤橙(せきとう)色を帯び、体の後端で岩礁などに固着する。外皮は薄い革状で、表面は平滑だが微小の棘状(きょくじょう)突起が密生するため、触れるとざらざらする。筋膜は厚く、生食できる。日本海北部、北海道、千島列島の沿岸からオホーツク海、ベーリング海を経てアメリカのワシントン州ピュージェット湾まで分布し、約200メートル以浅に生息する。なお北大西洋冷水域には、本種と酷似するシーピーチsea peach/H. pyriformisが知られている。

[西川輝昭]

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