Cnemidocarpa verrucosa Antarctic ascidian

Cnemidocarpa verrucosais commonly referred to as Antarctic ascidian. Difficulty in the aquarium: Not suitable for home aquaria!. Toxicity: Toxic hazard unknown.

Dr. Dirk Schories, Deutschland

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AphiaID:: 173893

Scientific:: Cnemidocarpa verrucosa
German:: Antarktische Seescheide
English:: Antarctic Ascidian

Category:: Sea Squirts

Family tree:: Animalia (Kingdom) > Chordata (Phylum) > Ascidiacea (Class) > Stolidobranchia (Order) > Styelidae (Family) > Cnemidocarpa (Genus) > verrucosa (Species)
Initial determination:: (Lesson, ), 1830

Occurrence:: Antarctica, Argentina, Chile, Eastern Pacific Ocean, Gulf of California, Kerguelen Islands, Macquarie Island, South America, South Atlantic, South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands, South Orkney Islands, South Shetlands Island , South-Pazific, Terre Adélie, the Falkland Islands, Tierra del Fuego, West Coast USA, West-Atlantic Ocean
Sea depth:: 0 - 5845 Meter
Size:: 9.84" - 15.75" (25cm - 40cm)
Temperature:: 28.4 °F - 39.2 °F (-2°C - 4°C)
Food:: Bacteria (Bacterioplankton), Detritus, Filter feeder, Mucus, Protozoa
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:

Cnemidocarpa acuelata
Cnemidocarpa alentura
Cnemidocarpa amphora
Cnemidocarpa areolata
Cnemidocarpa barbata
Cnemidocarpa bathyphila
Cnemidocarpa bythia
Cnemidocarpa campylogona
Cnemidocarpa cirrata
Cnemidocarpa clara
Cnemidocarpa clipeata
Cnemidocarpa completa
Cnemidocarpa concha
Cnemidocarpa devia
Cnemidocarpa digonas
Cnemidocarpa drygalskii
Cnemidocarpa effracta
Cnemidocarpa eposi
Cnemidocarpa finmarkiensis
Finmarks Seescheide, Rote Seescheide
Cnemidocarpa fissa
Cnemidocarpa floccosa
Cnemidocarpa hartmeyeri
Cnemidocarpa hemprichi
Cnemidocarpa humilis
Cnemidocarpa intestinata
Cnemidocarpa irene
Cnemidocarpa jacens
Cnemidocarpa javensis
Cnemidocarpa joannae
Cnemidocarpa lapidosa
Cnemidocarpa lobata
Cnemidocarpa longata
Cnemidocarpa margaritifera
Cnemidocarpa mollis
Cnemidocarpa mollispina
Cnemidocarpa mortenseni
Cnemidocarpa ohlini
Cnemidocarpa oligocarpa
Cnemidocarpa pedata
Koloniale Seescheide
Cnemidocarpa personata
Cnemidocarpa pfefferi
Cnemidocarpa platybranchia
Cnemidocarpa posthuma
Cnemidocarpa quadrata
Cnemidocarpa radicosa
Cnemidocarpa ramosa
Cnemidocarpa reticulata
Cnemidocarpa rhizopus
Cnemidocarpa robinsoni
Cnemidocarpa schumacheri
Cnemidocarpa sedata
Cnemidocarpa squamata
Cnemidocarpa stolonifera
Cnemidocarpa tinkatae
Cnemidocarpa traustedti
Cnemidocarpa tribranchiata
Cnemidocarpa tripartita
Cnemidocarpa verrucosa
Antarktische Seescheide
Cnemidocarpa victoriae
Cnemidocarpa zenkevitchi

More related species in this lexicon:

Cnemidocarpa bicornuta
Seescheide

Author:: Meerwasser-Lexikon Team
Publisher:: Meerwasser-Lexikon.de
Created:: 2015-05-10 19:38:22
Last edit:: 2020-04-07 19:05:22

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Cnemidocarpa verrucosa (Lesson, 1830)

The antarctic ascidian Cnemidocarpa verrucosa can be found to dephts of 2 - 714 m.

Cnemidocarpa verrucosa is one of the most common ascidians in the Antarctic.This translucent ascidian varies in colour from brown, to yellow and white.It is a large-sized solitary zooid (20 - 40 cm).

Cnemidocarpa verrucosa was found on muddy bottoms, on hard bottoms and on moraine deposits.

This antarctic ascidian feeds during summer months. It has s strongly seasonal reproduction.Unusually their larvae are released in winter time.

Synonyms:
Ascidia verrucosa
Cynthia spirifera
Cynthia verrucosa
Microcosmus acanthifera
Microcosmus spirifer
Styela flexibilis
Styela grandis
Styela lactea
Styela spectabilis
Styela spirifera
Styela steineni
Styela verrucosa
Tethyum lacteum
Tethyum spectabile
Tethyum spiriferum
Tethyum steineni
Tethyum verrucosa (synonym)
Tethyum verrucosum

Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Chordata (Phylum) > Tunicata (Subphylum) > Ascidiacea (Class) > Stolidobranchia (Order) > Styelidae (Family) > Cnemidocarpa (Genus) > Cnemidocarpa verrucosa (Species)

Scientific paper

Biochemical and energetic composition, population biology, and chemical defense of the antarctic ascidian Cnemidocarpa verrucosa lesson, James B. McClintock; John Heine; Marc Slattery; James Weston, 1991

External links

AFG Antarctic Field Guide (en). Abgerufen am 07.08.2020.
Marine Ecology Progress Series (en). Abgerufen am 07.08.2020.
SeaLifeBase (multi). Abgerufen am 07.08.2020.
Smithsonian Antarctic Invertebrates (en). Abgerufen am 07.08.2020.
World Register of Marine Species (WoRMS) (en). Abgerufen am 07.08.2020.

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