Sycozoa cerebriformis Brain ascidian

Sycozoa cerebriformis is commonly referred to as Brain ascidian. Difficulty in the aquarium: Not suitable for aquarium keeping. A aquarium size of at least 112 Liter is recommended. Toxicity: Toxic hazard unknown.

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lexID:

10932 

AphiaID:

251425 

Scientific:

Sycozoa cerebriformis 

German:

Hirn-Seescheide 

English:

Brain Ascidian 

Category:

Sea Squirts 

Family tree:

Animalia (Kingdom) > Chordata (Phylum) > Ascidiacea (Class) > Aplousobranchia (Order) > Holozoidae (Family) > Sycozoa (Genus) > cerebriformis (Species) 

Initial determination:

(Quoy & Gaimard, ), 1834 

Occurrence:

Australia, Bass Strait, Celebes Sea, Indonesia, Komodo (Komodo Island), Queensland (Australia), Sulawesi, Tasmania (Australia) 

Sea depth:

50 - 78 Meter 

Size:

up to 5.91" (15 cm) 

Temperature:

24,8 °F - 25,7 °F (24,8°C - 25,7°C) 

Food:

Amphipods, azooxanthellat, nonphotosynthetic, Copepods, Dissolved inorganic substances) f.e.NaCL,CA, Mag, K, I.P, CO2, Dissolved organic substances, Filter feeder, Phytoplankton, Zooplankton 

Tank:

24.64 gal (~ 112L)  

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:

• Sycozoa anomala
• Sycozoa arborenscens
• Sycozoa brevicauda
• Sycozoa cavernosa
• 
  Sycozoa cerebriformis
  Hirn-Seescheide
• 
  Sycozoa gaimardi
  Seescheide
• Sycozoa kanzasi
• Sycozoa melopepona
• Sycozoa mirabilis
• Sycozoa murrayi
• Sycozoa pedunculata
• Sycozoa pulchra
• Sycozoa seiziwadai
• Sycozoa sigillinoides
• Sycozoa umbellata
• Alle anzeigen

 

More related species
in this lexicon:

• 
  Sycozoa arborescens
  Koloniale Fächer Seescheide

 

Author:

Meerwasser-Lexikon Team

Publisher:

Meerwasser-Lexikon.de

Created:

2017-07-24 16:50:39 

Last edit:

2017-11-20 21:35:45 

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