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Ascidia incrassata Tunicate

Ascidia incrassata is commonly referred to as Tunicate. Difficulty in the aquarium: Not suitable for aquarium keeping. Toxicity: Toxic hazard unknown.

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Ascidia incrassata, photographers reef Simon's Town, Cape Town, 7975, South Africa 2023 (CC-BY-SA)


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lexID:
9241 
AphiaID:
215939 
Scientific:
Ascidia incrassata 
German:
Solitäre Seescheide 
English:
Tunicate 
Category:
Sjöpungar 
Family tree:
Animalia (Kingdom) > Chordata (Phylum) > Ascidiacea (Class) > Phlebobranchia (Order) > Ascidiidae (Family) > Ascidia (Genus) > incrassata (Species) 
Initial determination:
Heller, 1878 
Occurrence:
Indo Pacific, Kerguelen Islands, Mozambique, Pacific Ocean, Panama, South-Africa 
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:
2 - 20 Meter 
Habitats:
Rocky, hard seabeds, Seawater, Sea water, Stony soils 
Size:
up to 3.94" (10 cm) 
Temperature:
°F - 62.6 °F (°C - 17°C) 
Food:
Detritus, Filter feeder, Plankton 
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:
  • Ascidia ahodori
  • Ascidia alisea
  • Ascidia alterna
  • Ascidia archaia
  • Ascidia aspera
  • Ascidia austera
  • Ascidia aximensis
  • Ascidia azurea
  • Ascidia bathybia
  • Ascidia bifissa
 
More related species
in this lexicon:
 
Author:
Publisher:
Meerwasser-Lexikon.de
Created:
Last edit:
2025-03-20 18:20:50 

Info

Ascidia incrassata Heller, 1878

Ascidia incrassata is a solitary ascidian.Siphons are red spotted.The colour varies from purple,cream,orange to redish.Ascidians are filter feeder.

Ascidia incrassata can be found to dephts of 2-20m in rocky reefs.

Synonymised names
Pachychlaena gigantea Herdman, 1880 · unaccepted (original combination)
Phallusia incrassata Heller, 1878 · unaccepted (original combination)
Phallusia princeps Traustedt & Weltner, 1894 · unaccepted (original combination)

External links

  1. invasions.si.edu (en). Abgerufen am 20.03.2025.
  2. sealifebase.se (en). Abgerufen am 20.03.2025.

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Ascidia incrassata (Red spotted ascidian), Port Elizabeth 2009,Copyright Johan Swanepoel
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Ascidia incrassata (Red spotted ascidian), Port Elizabeth 2009,Copyright Johan Swanepoel
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Ascidia incrassata (Red spotted ascidian), Port Elizabeth 2009,Copyright Johan Swanepoel
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Ascidia incrassata, photographers reef Simon's Town, Cape Town, 7975, South Africa 2023 (CC-BY-SA)

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