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Rhopalaea neapolitana Neapolitana Sea Squirt

Rhopalaea neapolitana is commonly referred to as Neapolitana Sea Squirt. Difficulty in the aquarium: Not suitable for aquarium keeping. Toxicity: Toxic hazard unknown.


Profilbild Urheber Dennis Rabeling, Lanzarote, Kanarischen Inseln

Rhopalaea neapolitana,Las Palmas, ES-CN, ES 2025


Courtesy of the author Dennis Rabeling, Lanzarote, Kanarischen Inseln . Please visit www.inaturalist.org for more information.

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lexID:
5894 
AphiaID:
103736 
Scientific:
Rhopalaea neapolitana 
German:
Neapel-Seescheide 
English:
Neapolitana Sea Squirt 
Category:
Sjöpungar 
Family tree:
Animalia (Kingdom) > Chordata (Phylum) > Ascidiacea (Class) > Aplousobranchia (Order) > Diazonidae (Family) > Rhopalaea (Genus) > neapolitana (Species) 
Initial determination:
Philippi, 1843 
Occurrence:
Adriatic Sea (Mediterranean), Italy, Portugal, Spain, 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:
- 55 Meter 
Habitats:
Seawater, Sea water 
Size:
0.79" - 3.94" (2cm - 10cm) 
Temperature:
°F - 73.4 °F (°C - 23°C) 
Food:
Filter feeder, Plankton, Suspension feeder 
Difficulty:
Not suitable for aquarium keeping 
Offspring:
None 
Toxicity:
Toxic hazard unknown 
CITES:
Not evaluated 
Red List:
Not evaluated (NE) 
Related species at
Catalog of Life
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Author:
Publisher:
Meerwasser-Lexikon.de
Created:
Last edit:
2026-04-11 19:46:19 

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Rhopalaea neapolitana Philippi, 1843

Commons in the Mediterranean,the photo was taken in the Adriatic, the sea scuirt occurs single or in small groups.

Found on mussles, debris and coral Substrate.

Diet: placton.

Color: White to Grey, sometimes translucent.

Host of Ascidicola rosea Thorell, 1859

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