Ascidiella aspersa dirty sea-squirt

Ascidiella aspersa is commonly referred to as dirty sea-squirt. Difficulty in the aquarium: Not suitable for home aquaria!. Toxicity: Toxic hazard unknown.

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Spritz-Seescheide (Ascidiella aspersa)

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lexID:: 6163
AphiaID:: 103718

Scientific:: Ascidiella aspersa
German:: Spritz-Seescheide
English:: Dirty Sea-squirt

Category:: Sjøpunger

Family tree:: Animalia (Kingdom) > Chordata (Phylum) > Ascidiacea (Class) > Phlebobranchia (Order) > Ascidiidae (Family) > Ascidiella (Genus) > aspersa (Species)
Initial determination:: (Müller, ), 1776

Occurrence:: Croatia, Norway, 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:: 0 - 300 Meter
Habitats:: Seawater, Sea water
Size:: 1.97" - 5.12" (5cm - 13cm)
Temperature:: 44.6 °F - 64.22 °F (7°C - 17.9°C)
Food:: Filter feeder, Plankton, Suspension feeder
Difficulty:: Not suitable for home aquaria!
Offspring:: Not available as offspring
Toxicity:: Toxic hazard unknown

CITES:

Not evaluated

Red List:

Not evaluated (NE)

Related species at Catalog of Life:

Ascidiella aspersa
Spritz-Seescheide

More related species in this lexicon:

Ascidiella scabra
Raue Seescheide

Author:: Meerwasser-Lexikon Team
Publisher:: Meerwasser-Lexikon.de
Created:: 2013-10-05 19:23:39
Last edit:: 2024-11-15 17:53:56

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(Müller, 1776)

The tunicate is a cosmopolite and host of many copepods:
Ascidicola rosea Thorell, 1859
Doropygella psyllus (Thorell, 1859)
Doropygus pulex Thorell, 1859
Goniodelphys trigona Buchholz, 1869
Notodelphys allmani Thorell, 1859
Notodelphys caerulea Thorell, 1859
Notodelphys prasina Thorell, 1859
Notodelphys rufescens Thorell, 1859
Notopterophorus elongatus Costa O.G., 1838
Lichomolgus canui Sars G.O., 1917
Gonophysema gullmarensis Bresciani & Lützen, 1960

Synonymised names
Ascidia aculeata Alder, 1863 · unaccepted (original combination)
Ascidia affinis Hancock, 1870 · unaccepted (original combination)
Ascidia albida Alder & Hancock, 1848 · unaccepted (original combination)
Ascidia aspersa Müller, 1776 · unaccepted (original combination)
Ascidia cristata Risso, 1826 · unaccepted (original combination)
Ascidia elliptica Alder & Hancock, 1848 · unaccepted (original combination)
Ascidia expansa Kiaer, 1893 · unaccepted (original combination)
Ascidia minuta Kiaer, 1893 · unaccepted (original combination)
Ascidia normanni Alder & Hancock, 1870 · unaccepted (original combination)
Ascidia opalina MacGillivray, 1843 · unaccepted (original combination)
Ascidia patula Mueller, 1776 · unaccepted (original combination)
Ascidia pedunculata Hoffman, 1829 · unaccepted (original combination)
Ascidia pellucida Alder & Hancock, 1848 · unaccepted (original combination)
Ascidia pustulosa Alder, 1863 · unaccepted (original combination)
Ascidia sordida Alder & Hancock, 1848 · unaccepted (original combination)
Ascidia triangularis Herdman, 1881 · unaccepted (original combination)
Ascidia truncata Herdman, 1881 · unaccepted (original combination)
Ascidiella cristata (Risso, 1826) · unaccepted (new combination)
Ascidiella pellucida (Alder & Hancock, 1848) · unaccepted (new combination)
Phallusia aspersa (Mueller, 1776) · unaccepted (new combination)
Phallusia cristata (Risso, 1826) · unaccepted (new combination)
Phallusia patula (Mueller, 1776) · unaccepted (new combination)

External links

Marine Species Identification Portal (en) (Archive.org). Abgerufen am 07.08.2020.
MarLIN - The Marine Life Information Network (en). Abgerufen am 07.08.2020.

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© Anne Frijsinger & Mat Vestjens, Holland, Bild aus Norwegen

© Anne Frijsinger & Mat Vestjens, Holland, Bild aus den Niederlanden

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