Polycarpa spongiabilis Giant Tunicate

Polycarpa spongiabilisis commonly referred to as Giant Tunicate. Difficulty in the aquarium: Not suitable for aquarium keeping. Toxicity: Toxic hazard unknown.

Dr. Karine Marangon

Polycarpa spongiabilis,Ascidie géante,Giant tunicate,St Kitts, caraïbes hollandaises.St Kitts, Dutch Caribbean,2023

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AphiaID:: 251069

Scientific:: Polycarpa spongiabilis
German:: Riesenseescheide
English:: Giant Tunicate

Category:: Sea Squirts

Family tree:: Animalia (Kingdom) > Chordata (Phylum) > Ascidiacea (Class) > Stolidobranchia (Order) > Styelidae (Family) > Polycarpa (Genus) > spongiabilis (Species)
Initial determination:: Traustedt, 1883

Occurrence:: Guadeloupe, Barbados, Antigua and Barbuda, Belize, Bermuda, Brazil, Central Atlantic, Cuba, Curacao, Florida, French Guiana, Gulf of Mexico, Guyana, Haiti, Honduras, Jamaica, Martinique, Panama, Puerto Rico, South America, The Bahamas, the Caribbean, the Cayman Islands, Trinidad and Tobago, USA, Venezuela, Virgin Islands, U.S., West-Atlantic Ocean
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:: 7 - 60 Meter
Size:: 0.39" - 2.76" (1cm - 7cm)
Temperature:: 79.16 °F - 87.8 °F (26.2°C - 31°C)
Food:: Filter feeder, Plankton, Suspension feeder
Difficulty:: Not suitable for aquarium keeping
Offspring:: Not available as offspring
Toxicity:: Toxic hazard unknown

CITES:

Not evaluated

Red List:

Not evaluated (NE)

Related species at Catalog of Life:

Polycarpa aernbaeckae
Polycarpa albatrossi
Polycarpa albopunctata
Polycarpa anguinea
Polycarpa argentata
Polycarpa arnoldi
Polycarpa aspera
Polycarpa atromarginata
Polycarpa aurata
Goldseescheide, Goldmund-Seescheide
Polycarpa aurita
Polycarpa beuziti
Polycarpa biforis
Polycarpa biscayensis
Polycarpa camptos
Polycarpa carpocincta
Polycarpa cartilaginea
Polycarpa chinensis
Polycarpa clavata
Seescheide
Polycarpa colletti
Polycarpa comata
Polycarpa contecta
Polycarpa cryptocarpa
Polycarpa decipiens
Polycarpa directa
Polycarpa discoidea
Polycarpa ecuadorensis
Polycarpa errans
Polycarpa fibrosa
Polycarpa flava
Polycarpa fungiformis
Polycarpa glebosa
Polycarpa gracilis
Polycarpa gradata
Polycarpa hartmeyeri
Polycarpa indiana
Polycarpa insulsa
Polycarpa intonata
Polycarpa itera
Polycarpa kapala
Polycarpa longiformis
Polycarpa macra
Polycarpa maculata
Polycarpa madagascariensis
Polycarpa mamillaris
Polycarpa maruhi
Polycarpa minuta
Polycarpa molguloides
Polycarpa muelleri
Polycarpa mytiligera
Solitäre Seescheide
Polycarpa nigerrima
Polycarpa nigricans
Polycarpa nota
Polycarpa obscura
Polycarpa obtecta
Polycarpa offa
Polycarpa olitoria
Polycarpa ovata
Polycarpa palinorosa
Polycarpa papillata
Orangerote Seescheide, Papillen Seescheide
Polycarpa papyra
Polycarpa patens
Polycarpa pedunculata
Polycarpa pentarhiza
Polycarpa perstellata
Polycarpa pigmentata
Pigmentierte-Seescheide
Polycarpa plantei
Polycarpa plenovata
Polycarpa pomaria
Polycarpa porculus
Polycarpa pori
Polycarpa procera
Polycarpa producta
Polycarpa psammodes
Polycarpa pseudoalbatrossi
Polycarpa reniformis
Polycarpa reviviscens
Polycarpa richeri
Polycarpa rigida
Polycarpa rima
Polycarpa rubida
Polycarpa simplicigona
Polycarpa sobria
Polycarpa spongiabilis
Riesenseescheide
Polycarpa stirpes
Polycarpa suesana
Polycarpa thelyphanes
Polycarpa tinctor
Polycarpa tinctorella
Polycarpa tokiokai
Polycarpa triruga
Polycarpa tumida
Polycarpa twynami
Polycarpa vankampeni
Polycarpa violacea
Polycarpa viridis
Polycarpa willisi

Author:: Meerwasser-Lexikon Team
Publisher:: Meerwasser-Lexikon.de
Created:: 2013-10-04 20:27:03
Last edit:: 2022-04-21 13:08:15

Info

Traustedt, 1883

Polycarpa spongiabilis is a solitary species. The specimen size varies from 1cm to 8cm. The tunic is thick but soft either covered with epibionts or sand and shells.

Found only on coral reef, mangrove root, and any hard substrate.

Synonyms:
Pandocia obtecta (Traustedt, 1883)
Pandocia spongiabilis (Traustedt, 1883)
Polycarpa multiphiala Verrill, 1900
Polycarpa obtecta Traustedt, 1883
Polycarpa rugosa Drasche, 1884
Styela brevipedunculata Sluiter, 1898
Styela friabilis Sluiter, 1898
Styela fuliginea Sluiter, 1898
Styela obtecta (Traustedt, 1883)
Styela seminuda Sluiter, 1898

External links

ASCIDIACEA (CHORDATA: TUNICATA) DO GOLFO DO MÉXICO (es). Abgerufen am 02.03.2022.
Baseline Ecological Inventory for Three Bays National Park, Haiti (en). Abgerufen am 02.03.2022.
Checklist of ascidians (Chordata, Tunicata) from the southern Gulf of Mexico (en). Abgerufen am 02.03.2022.
Common Sponges from Shallow Marine Habitats from Bocas del Toro Region, Panama (en). Abgerufen am 02.03.2022.
Florent's Guide To The Florida, Bahamas & Caribbean Reefs (en). Abgerufen am 02.03.2022.
Homepage Anne Frijsinger & Mat Vestjens (en). Abgerufen am 07.08.2020.
Modiolarca lateralis (Pteryomorphia: Mytilidae): bivalve associated to six species of ascidians from Bocas del Toro, Panama (en). Abgerufen am 02.03.2022.
SeaLifeBase (multi). Abgerufen am 07.08.2020.
World Register of Marine Species (WoRMS) (en). Abgerufen am 07.08.2020.

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