Distaplia occidentalis Mushroom tunicate

Distaplia occidentalisis commonly referred to as Mushroom tunicate. Difficulty in the aquarium: Not suitable for aquarium keeping. Toxicity: Toxic hazard unknown.

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Distaplia occidentalis, Pillar Point docks 2014

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Scientific:: Distaplia occidentalis
German:: Seescheide
English:: Mushroom Tunicate

Category:: Sea Squirts

Family tree:: Animalia (Kingdom) > Chordata (Phylum) > Ascidiacea (Class) > Aplousobranchia (Order) > Holozoidae (Family) > Distaplia (Genus) > occidentalis (Species)
Initial determination:: Bancroft, 1899

Occurrence:: Alaska (Western Atlantic), Canada , Eastern Pacific Ocean, USA
Sea depth:: 1 - 15 Meter
Size:: up to 3.94" (10 cm)
Food:: azooxanthellat, nonphotosynthetic, Food specialist, Plankton
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:

Distaplia alaskensis
Distaplia australiensis
Distaplia bermudensis
Seescheide
Distaplia capensis
Distaplia clavata
Distaplia colligans
Seescheide
Distaplia concreta
Distaplia corolla
Knopf-Seescheide
Distaplia cuscina
Distaplia cylindrica
Seescheide
Distaplia dubia
Distaplia durbanensis
Distaplia florida
Distaplia garstangi
Distaplia livida
Distaplia lucillae
Distaplia magnilarva
Distaplia megathorax
Distaplia mikropnoa
Distaplia muriella
Distaplia occidentalis
Seescheide
Distaplia pallida
Distaplia progressa
Distaplia prolifera
Distaplia racemosa
Distaplia regina
Distaplia retinaculata
Distaplia rosea
Distaplia skoogi
Seescheiden
Distaplia smithi
Smith's Distaplia, Paddel-Seescheide
Distaplia stylifera
Seescheide
Distaplia systematica
Distaplia tahihuero
Distaplia tokioka
Distaplia turboensis
Distaplia vallii
Distaplia violetta
Distaplia viridis

Author:: Meerwasser-Lexikon Team
Publisher:: Meerwasser-Lexikon.de
Created:: 2016-12-10 11:12:38
Last edit:: 2016-12-10 19:49:10

Info

Distaplia occidentalis Bancroft, 1899

Very special Thank to Donna Pomeroy, USA for the Picture of Distaplia occidentalis.

Found in rocky intertidal and low intertidal areas. Colonial

Synonymised names
Distaplia californica Michaelsen, 1923 · unaccepted (original combination)
Distaplia confusa Ritter, 1901 · unaccepted (original combination)
Distaplia orientalis Bancroft, 1899 · unaccepted (misspelling)
Holozoa occidentalis (Bancroft, 1899) · unaccepted (new combination)

Scientific paper

Intercellular junctions in the larval epidermis of the colonial ascidian Distaplia occidentalis : a thin-section and freeze-fracture examination, Cavey, Michael J.; Wood, Richard L. , 1986
Development of the larval tunic in a compound ascidian: morphogenetic events in the embryos of Distaplia occidentalis, Cavey, Michael J.; Cloney, Richard A. , 1984
Larva Release in Response to Light by the Compound Ascidians Distaplia occidentalis and Metandrocarpa taylori, Hiroshi Watanabe and Charles C. Lambert, 1973

External links

SeaLifeBase (multi). Abgerufen am 07.08.2020.
WoRMS (en). Abgerufen am 03.09.2023.

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Distaplia occidentalis, Pillar Point docks 2014

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