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Eudistoma psammion Sand Tunicate

Eudistoma psammionis commonly referred to as Sand Tunicate. Difficulty in the aquarium: Not suitable for aquarium keeping. Toxicity: Toxic hazard unknown.


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Eudistoma psammion (Carmel Point) 2017


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lexID:
15031 
AphiaID:
250242 
Scientific:
Eudistoma psammion 
German:
Sand-Seescheide 
English:
Sand Tunicate 
Category:
Sea Squirts 
Family tree:
Animalia (Kingdom) > Chordata (Phylum) > Ascidiacea (Class) > Aplousobranchia (Order) > Polycitoridae (Family) > Eudistoma (Genus) > psammion (Species) 
Initial determination:
Ritter & Forsyth, 1917 
Occurrence:
Gulf of California, Mexico (East Pacific), North Pacific (Ocean), 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:
Meter 
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:
  • Eudistoma album
  • Eudistoma amplum
  • Eudistoma anaematum
  • Eudistoma angolanum
  • Eudistoma atypicum
  • Eudistoma aureum
  • Eudistoma australe
  • Eudistoma banyulense
  • Eudistoma bifurcum
  • Eudistoma bituminis
 
More related species
in this lexicon:
 
Author:
Publisher:
Meerwasser-Lexikon.de
Created:
Last edit:
2022-07-27 20:05:48 

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Eudistoma psammion Ritter & Forsyth, 1917

Common known as Sand Ascidian. Colony is thick and firm with embedded sand grains. Color variabel: brown, purple, reddish orange.

Ascidians are filter feeder.

Host/prey of Doroixys bispinosa Ooishi, 1998 accepted as Diceratus bispinosa (Ooishi, 1998) accepted as Diceratocopus bispinosa (Ooishi, 1988) Feedingtype: ectoparasitic, Life stage: adult
Host/prey of Pythodelphys acruris Dudley & Solomon, 1966 Feedingtype: ectoparasitic, Life stage: adult
Host/prey of Pythodelphys acruris Dudley & Solomon, 1966 Feedingtype: ectoparasitic, Life stage: adult
Host/prey of Pythodelphys acruris Dudley & Solomon, 1966 Feedingtype: endoparasitic, Life stage: adult

Synonymised names:
Archidistoma psammion (Ritter & Forsyth, 1917) · unaccepted (new combination)

External links

  1. Stanford SeaNet (en). Abgerufen am 27.07.2022.
  2. WoRMS (en). Abgerufen am 27.07.2022.

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