Ascidia incrassata Red spotted ascidian

Ascidia incrassatais commonly referred to as Red spotted ascidian. Difficulty in the aquarium: Not suitable for aquarium keeping. Toxicity: Toxic hazard unknown.

Johan Swanepoel, Südafrika

Ascidia incrassata (Red spotted ascidian), Port Elizabeth 2009,Copyright Johan Swanepoel

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lexID:: 9241
AphiaID:: 215939

Scientific:: Ascidia incrassata
German:: Seescheide
English:: Red Spotted Ascidian

Category:: Sea Squirts

Family tree:: Animalia (Kingdom) > Chordata (Phylum) > Ascidiacea (Class) > Phlebobranchia (Order) > Ascidiidae (Family) > Ascidia (Genus) > incrassata (Species)
Initial determination:: Heller, 1878

Occurrence:: Indo Pacific, Mozambique, Pacific Ocean, Panama, South-Africa
Sea depth:: 2 - 20 Meter
Size:: up to 3.94" (10 cm)
Temperature:: °F - 62.6 °F (°C - 17°C)
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:

Ascidia ahodori
Ascidia alisea
Ascidia alterna
Ascidia archaia
Ascidia aspera
Ascidia austera
Ascidia aximensis
Ascidia azurea
Ascidia bathybia
Ascidia bifissa
Ascidia callosa
Ascidia canaliculata
Ascidia capillata
Ascidia caudata
Ascidia celtica
Ascidia ceratodes
Ascidia challengeri
Seescheide
Ascidia clementea
Ascidia columbiana
Ascidia conchilega
Seescheide
Ascidia corelloides
Ascidia correi
Ascidia curvata
Ascidia decepta
Ascidia depressiuscula
Ascidia dijmphniana
Ascidia empheres
Ascidia fictile
Ascidia fusca
Ascidia gemmata
Ascidia glabra
Ascidia iberica
Ascidia incrassata
Seescheide
Ascidia interrupta
Ascidia involuta
Ascidia kreagra
Ascidia kuneides
Ascidia lagena
Ascidia latesiphonica
Ascidia liberata
Ascidia limpida
Ascidia malaca
Ascidia matoya
Ascidia mediterranean
Ascidia melanostoma
Ascidia mentula
Stumpen-Seescheide
Ascidia meridionalis
Ascidia molguloides
Ascidia munda
Ascidia muricata
Ascidia nerea
Ascidia nigra
Ascidia obliqua
Ascidia occidentalis
Ascidia ornata
Seescheide
Ascidia pacifica
Ascidia parasamea
Ascidia paratropa
Ascidia perfluxa
Ascidia polytrema
Ascidia prolata
Ascidia prunum
Ascidia retinens
Ascidia retrosipho
Ascidia saccula
Ascidia salvatoris
Ascidia samea
Ascidia scaevola
Ascidia spinosa
Ascidia stewartensis
Ascidia sydneiensis
Seescheide
Ascidia tapuni
Ascidia thompsoni
Ascidia translucida
Ascidia tricuspis
Ascidia tritonis
Ascidia trunca
Ascidia urnalia
Ascidia vermiformis
Ascidia virginea
Ascidia willeyi
Ascidia zara

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Author:: Meerwasser-Lexikon Team
Publisher:: Meerwasser-Lexikon.de
Created:: 2016-01-30 16:27:41
Last edit:: 2020-12-17 20:04:54

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Ascidia incrassata Heller, 1878

Ascidia incrassata is a solitary ascidian.Siphons are red spotted.The colour varies from purple,cream,orange to redish.Ascidians are filter feeder.

Ascidia incrassata can be found to dephts of 2-20m in rocky reefs.

Synonym:
Pachychlaena gigantea
Phallusia incrassata
Phallusia princeps

Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Chordata (Phylum) > Tunicata (Subphylum) > Ascidiacea (Class) > Phlebobranchia (Order) > Ascidiidae (Family) > Ascidia (Genus) > Ascidia incrassata (Species)

External links

Eastern Cape Scuba Diving (en). Abgerufen am 07.08.2020.
World Register of Marine Species (WoRMS) (en). Abgerufen am 07.08.2020.

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Ascidia incrassata (Red spotted ascidian), Port Elizabeth 2009,Copyright Johan Swanepoel

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