Rhopalaea crassa Yellow Tunicate

Rhopalaea crassa is commonly referred to as Yellow Tunicate. Difficulty in the aquarium: Not suitable for aquarium keeping. Toxicity: Toxic hazard unknown.

Profile

lexID:

17107 

AphiaID:

251321 

Scientific:

Rhopalaea crassa 

German:

Gelbe Seescheide 

English:

Yellow Tunicate 

Category:

Sea Squirts 

Family tree:

Animalia (Kingdom) > Chordata (Phylum) > Ascidiacea (Class) > Aplousobranchia (Order) > Diazonidae (Family) > Rhopalaea (Genus) > crassa (Species) 

Initial determination:

(Herdman, ), 1880 

Occurrence:

Australia, Indo Pacific, Philippines, Singapore 

Marine Zone:

Subtidal, sublittoral, infralittoral, deep zone of the oceans from the lower limit of the intertidal zone (intertidal) to the shelf edge at about 200 m water depth. neritic. 

Sea depth:

6 - 260 Meter 

Habitats:

Seawater, Sea water 

Size:

0.79" - 1.18" (2cm - 3,5cm) 

Temperature:

17,8 °F - 29,9 °F (17,8°C - 29,9°C) 

Food:

Filter feeder, No reliable information available, 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:

• 
  Rhopalaea abdominalis
  Riff-Seescheide
• Rhopalaea birkelandi
• 
  Rhopalaea circula
  Ring-Seescheide, Kreis-Seescheide
• 
  Rhopalaea crassa
  Gelbe Seescheide
• Rhopalaea defecta
• Rhopalaea desme
• Rhopalaea fusca
• Rhopalaea hartmeyeri
• Rhopalaea meridionalis
• 
  Rhopalaea neapolitana
  Neapel-Seescheide
• Rhopalaea perlucida
• Rhopalaea piru
• Rhopalaea respiciens
• Rhopalaea sagamiana
• Rhopalaea tenuis
• Alle anzeigen

 

More related species
in this lexicon:

• 
  Rhopalaea idoneta
  Seescheide
• 
  Rhopalaea sp.01
  Blaue Seescheide

 

Author:

Meerwasser-Lexikon Team

Publisher:

Meerwasser-Lexikon.de

Created:

2025-01-01 13:28:44 

Last edit:

2025-01-01 13:41:25 

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