Ascidiella aspersa dirty sea-squirt

Ascidiella aspersais 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:: Sea Squirts

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

Occurrence:: cosmopolitan species
Sea depth:: 0 - 300 Meter
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:: 2013-10-05 19:23:39

Info

(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

Synonyms:
Ascidia aculeata Alder, 1863
Ascidia affinis Hancock, 1870
Ascidia albida Alder & Hancock, 1848
Ascidia aspersa Mueller, 1776
Ascidia cristata Risso, 1826
Ascidia elliptica Alder & Hancock, 1848
Ascidia expansa Kiaer, 1893
Ascidia minuta Kiaer, 1893
Ascidia normanni Alder & Hancock, 1870
Ascidia opalina MacGillivray, 1843
Ascidia patula Mueller, 1776
Ascidia pedunculata Hoffman, 1829
Ascidia pellucida Alder & Hancock, 1848
Ascidia pustulosa Alder, 1863
Ascidia scabra Mueller, 1776
Ascidia sordida Alder & Hancock, 1848
Ascidia triangularis Herdman, 1881
Ascidia truncata Herdman, 1881
Ascidiella cristata (Risso, 1826)
Ascidiella pellucida (Alder & Hancock, 1848)
Phallusia aspersa (Mueller, 1776)
Phallusia cristata (Risso, 1826)
Phallusia patula (Mueller, 1776)

Scientific paper

Acrosome differentiation and the acrosome reaction in ascidian spermatozoa:Ascidiella aspersaandAscidia mentulawith some implications for tunicate phylogeny, M. Fukumoto; O. Zarnescu, 2003
Chemical Mediation of Sperm Activity and Longevity in the Solitary Ascidians Ciona intestinalis and Ascidiella aspersa, Toby F. Bolton and Jon N. Havenhand, 1996
Do test cells secrete a hatching enzyme inAscidiella aspersa(Tunicata, Ascidiacea)?, B. Lübbering; D. K. Hofmann, 1995
Fertilization and normal development inAscidiella aspersa(Tunicata) studied with Nomarski-optics, Eva Niermann-Kerkenberg; Dietrich Kurt Hofmann, 1989
Spermiogenesis and spermatozoa of ascidia malaca, ascidiella aspersa and phallusia mamillata (ascidiacea, tunicata), L. Villa; S. Tripepi, 1984
The localization of inorganic elements, particularly vanadium and sulphur, in haemolymph from the ascidians Ascidia mentula (Müller) and Ascidiella aspersa (Müller), B.J.S. Pirie; M.V. Bell, 1984
Direct measurements of velocity profiles and fluxes at the cloacal siphon of the ascidianAscidiella aspersa, E. Charriaud, 1982
Comparative studies of the carotenoids in some fauna of the gullmar fiord (Bohuslän, Sweden). IV-Ascidiella aspersa (O. F. Müller), (Tunicata)., B. Czeczuga, 1977
Water transport in the ascidians Styela clava Herdman and Ascidiella aspersa (Müller), Nicholas Holmes, 1973
The Course of Mitosis in Young Embryos of Ascidiella Aspersa (Ascidiacea), Colombera, D., 1971
Number and morphology of chromosomes in three geographical populations ofAscidiella aspersa(Ascidiacea), D. Colombera, 1971
Über Keimverschmelzungen an Ascidiella aspersa, L. v. Ubisch, 1938

External links

Homepage Anne Frijsinger & Mat Vestjens (en). Abgerufen am 07.08.2020.
Marine Species Identification Portal (en) (Archive.org). Abgerufen am 07.08.2020.
MarLIN - The Marine Life Information Network (en). Abgerufen am 07.08.2020.
SeaLifeBase (multi). Abgerufen am 07.08.2020.
World Register of Marine Species (WoRMS) (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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