Polyclinum planum Elephant Ear Tunicate

Polyclinum planum is commonly referred to as Elephant Ear Tunicate. Difficulty in the aquarium: Not suitable for aquarium keeping. Toxicity: Toxic hazard unknown.

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Polyclinum planum (Glass Beach) 2015

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Scientific:: Polyclinum planum
German:: Elefantenohr-Seescheide
English:: Elephant Ear Tunicate

Category:: Sjøpunger

Family tree:: Animalia (Kingdom) > Chordata (Phylum) > Ascidiacea (Class) > Aplousobranchia (Order) > Polyclinidae (Family) > Polyclinum (Genus) > planum (Species)
Initial determination:: (Ritter & Forsyth, ), 1917

Occurrence:: Gulf of California, Japan, Northeast Pacific Ocean, Peru, USA
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:: 0 - 30 Meter
Size:: up to 7.87" (20 cm)
Temperature:: 55.04 °F - 77.18 °F (12.8°C - 25.1°C)
Food:: Filter 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:

Polyclinum aurantium
Polyclinum circulatum
Polyclinum constellatum
Polyclinum corbis
Polyclinum crater
Polyclinum fungosum
Polyclinum gelidus
Polyclinum glabrum
Polyclinum hospitale
Polyclinum incrustatum
Polyclinum isipingense
Seescheide
Polyclinum johnsoni
Polyclinum lagena
Polyclinum laxum
Polyclinum macrophyllum
Polyclinum marsupiale
Polyclinum molle
Polyclinum neptunium
Polyclinum nudum
Polyclinum orbitum
Polyclinum planum
Elefantenohr-Seescheide
Polyclinum psammiferum
Polyclinum pute
Polyclinum sacceum
Polyclinum saturnium
Polyclinum sebastiani
Polyclinum sibiricum
Polyclinum sluiteri
Polyclinum sundaicum
Polyclinum tenuatum
Polyclinum terranum
Polyclinum tsutsuii
Polyclinum vasculosum

Author:: Meerwasser-Lexikon Team
Publisher:: Meerwasser-Lexikon.de
Created:: 2022-08-26 13:11:06
Last edit:: 2022-08-26 13:11:06

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Polyclinum planum (Ritter & Forsyth, 1917)

Polyclinum planum colonies are variable in color ranging from olive greenish to brown to yellowish tan. Colonies of this species have a tough flexible peduncle located along one margin of the zooid-bearing lobe by which they are attached to a hard substrate.

Synonymised names:
Glossophorum planum Ritter & Forsyth, 1917 · unaccepted (original combination)

External links

Wikipedia (en). Abgerufen am 26.08.2022.
WoRMS (en). Abgerufen am 26.08.2022.

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Polyclinum planum with Ophiothrix spiculata (Hazard Canyon) 2014

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