Trididemnum solidum overgrowing mat tunicate

Trididemnum solidum is commonly referred to as overgrowing mat tunicate. Difficulty in the aquarium: Experts only! Very hard to keep. Toxicity: Toxic hazard unknown.

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lexID:: 6157
AphiaID:: 251537

Scientific:: Trididemnum solidum
German:: Mattenseescheide
English:: Overgrowing Mat Tunicate

Category:: Sea Squirts

Family tree:: Animalia (Kingdom) > Chordata (Phylum) > Ascidiacea (Class) > Aplousobranchia (Order) > Didemnidae (Family) > Trididemnum (Genus) > solidum (Species)
Initial determination:: (Van Name, ), 1902

Occurrence:: Belize, Bermuda, Brazil, Central Atlantic, Cuba, Dominican Republic, Florida, Puerto Rico, The Bahamas, the Caribbean, the Netherlands Antilles, Venezuela, West-Atlantic Ocean
Size:: 4.33" - 39.37" (11cm - 100cm)
Temperature:: 64.4 °F - 78.8 °F (18°C - 26°C)
Food:: Filter feeder, Plankton, Suspension feeder
Difficulty:: Experts only! Very hard to keep
Offspring:: None
Toxicity:: Toxic hazard unknown