Ascidia sydneiensis Sea squirt

Ascidia sydneiensis is commonly referred to as Sea squirt. Difficulty in the aquarium: Not suitable for home aquaria!. Toxicity: Toxic hazard unknown.

Johan Swanepoel, Südafrika

Ascidia sydneiensis (Crevice ascidian)

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AphiaID:: 215940

Scientific:: Ascidia sydneiensis
German:: Seescheide
English:: Sea Squirt

Category:: Sjöpungar

Family tree:: Animalia (Kingdom) > Chordata (Phylum) > Ascidiacea (Class) > Phlebobranchia (Order) > Ascidiidae (Family) > Ascidia (Genus) > sydneiensis (Species)
Initial determination:: Stimpson, 1855

Occurrence:: Zirkumsubtropisch, Guadeloupe, Hong Kong, Australia, Belize, Brazil, China, Circumtropic, Guam, Gulf of California, Hawaii, Japan, Mexico (East Pacific), Mozambique, New Zealand, Okinawa, Palau, Panama, Papua New Guinea, Philippines, Puerto Rico, Sierra Leone, South America, South-Africa, the Cape Verde Archipelago, the Caribbean, Tonga
Size:: up to 11.81" (30 cm)
Temperature:: 71.6 °F - 82.4 °F (22°C - 28°C)
Food:: Plankton
Difficulty:: Not suitable for home aquaria!
Offspring:: None
Toxicity:: Toxic hazard unknown

CITES:

Not evaluated

Related species at Catalog of Life:

Ascidia ahodori
Ascidia alisea
Ascidia alterna
Ascidia archaia
Ascidia aspera
Ascidia austera
Ascidia aximensis
Ascidia azurea
Ascidia bathybia
Ascidia bifissa
Ascidia callosa
Ascidia canaliculata
Ascidia capillata
Ascidia caudata
Ascidia celtica
Ascidia ceratodes
Ascidia challengeri
Seescheide
Ascidia clementea
Ascidia columbiana
Ascidia conchilega
Seescheide
Ascidia corelloides
Ascidia correi
Ascidia curvata
Ascidia decepta
Ascidia depressiuscula
Ascidia dijmphniana
Ascidia empheres
Ascidia fictile
Ascidia fusca
Ascidia gemmata
Ascidia glabra
Ascidia iberica
Ascidia incrassata
Solitäre Seescheide
Ascidia interrupta
Ascidia involuta
Ascidia kreagra
Ascidia kuneides
Ascidia lagena
Ascidia latesiphonica
Ascidia liberata
Ascidia limpida
Ascidia malaca
Ascidia matoya
Ascidia mediterranean
Ascidia melanostoma
Ascidia mentula
Stumpen-Seescheide
Ascidia meridionalis
Ascidia molguloides
Ascidia munda
Ascidia muricata
Ascidia nerea
Ascidia nigra
Ascidia obliqua
Ascidia occidentalis
Ascidia ornata
Seescheide
Ascidia pacifica
Ascidia parasamea
Ascidia paratropa
Ascidia perfluxa
Ascidia polytrema
Ascidia prolata
Ascidia prunum
Ascidia retinens
Ascidia retrosipho
Ascidia saccula
Ascidia salvatoris
Ascidia samea
Ascidia scaevola
Ascidia spinosa
Ascidia stewartensis
Ascidia sydneiensis
Seescheide
Ascidia tapuni
Ascidia thompsoni
Ascidia translucida
Ascidia tricuspis
Ascidia tritonis
Ascidia trunca
Ascidia urnalia
Ascidia vermiformis
Ascidia virginea
Ascidia willeyi
Ascidia zara

More related species in this lexicon:

Author:: Meerwasser-Lexikon Team
Publisher:: Meerwasser-Lexikon.de
Created:: 2014-09-17 22:03:09
Last edit:: 2014-09-17 22:03:09

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Stimpson, 1855

Synonyms:
Ascidia bisulca Sluiter, 1904
Ascidia compta Sluiter, 1898
Ascidia diplozoon Sluiter, 1887
Ascidia divisa Sluiter, 1898
Ascidia donnani Herdman, 1906
Ascidia incerta Herdman, 1899
Ascidia incerta Herdman, 1898
Ascidia limosa Sluiter, 1887
Ascidia longitubis (Traustedt, 1882)
Ascidia longitudinalis Seeliger, 1901
Ascidia pyriformis Herdman, 1880
Ascidia sydneyensis Stimpson, 1855
Phallusia canaliculata (Heller, 1878)
Phallusia divisa (Sluiter, 1898)
Phallusia incerta (Herdman, 1899)
Phallusia longitubis Traustedt, 1882
Phallusia pyriformis (Herdman, 1880)
Phallusia sydneiensis (Stimpson, 1855)

Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Chordata (Phylum) > Tunicata (Subphylum) > Ascidiacea (Class) > Phlebobranchia (Order) > Ascidiidae (Family) > Ascidia (Genus)

External links

World Register of Marine Species (WoRMS) (en). Abgerufen am 07.08.2020.

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