Aplidiopsis tubiferus Tubiferus ascidian,Little red lollypops

Aplidiopsis tubiferus is commonly referred to as Tubiferus ascidian,Little red lollypops. Difficulty in the aquarium: Not suitable for home aquaria!.

Johan Swanepoel, Südafrika

Aplidiopsis tubiferus (Tubiferus ascidian),Port Elizabeth 2009, Copyright Johan Swanepoel

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lexID:: 9554
AphiaID:: 249808

Scientific:: Aplidiopsis tubiferus
German:: Seescheide
English:: Tubiferus Ascidian,Little Red Lollypops

Category:: Sea Squirts

Family tree:: Animalia (Kingdom) > Chordata (Phylum) > Ascidiacea (Class) > Aplousobranchia (Order) > Polyclinidae (Family) > Aplidiopsis (Genus) > tubiferus (Species)
Initial determination:: Monniot C., Monniot F., Griffiths & Schleyer, 2001

Occurrence:: Indian Ocean, Mozambique, South-Africa, Western Indian Ocean
Size:: 0.39" - 1.57" (1cm - 4cm)
Temperature:: °F - 62.6 °F (°C - 17°C)
Food:: Filter feeder
Difficulty:: Not suitable for home aquaria!

CITES:

Not evaluated

Related species at Catalog of Life:

Aplidiopsis amoyense
Aplidiopsis arenosum
Aplidiopsis atlanticus
Aplidiopsis confluata
Aplidiopsis discoveryi
Aplidiopsis gelidus
Aplidiopsis georgianum
Aplidiopsis helenae
Aplidiopsis indicus
Aplidiopsis mammillata
Aplidiopsis ocellatus
Aplidiopsis pannosum
Aplidiopsis parvastigma
Aplidiopsis pyriformis
Aplidiopsis sabulosa
Aplidiopsis stellatus
Aplidiopsis tokaraensis
Aplidiopsis vitreum

More related species in this lexicon:

Aplidiopsis tubiferus
Seescheide

Author:: Meerwasser-Lexikon Team
Publisher:: Meerwasser-Lexikon.de
Created:: 2016-03-23 19:44:50
Last edit:: 2016-03-23 19:44:50

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Aplidiopsis tubiferus Monniot C., Monniot F., Griffiths & Schleyer, 2001

The colonies of Aplidiopsis tubiferus consist of a number of rounded heads on short stalks, stalks basal units.The colour is usually red to dark red in colour with sand on the heads.

Aplidiopsis tubiferus can be found to 10-21 m dephts in tocky reefs.Tubiferus ascidian is al filterfeeder.

Synonym:
Aplidium tubiferus

Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Chordata (Phylum) > Tunicata (Subphylum) > Ascidiacea (Class) > Aplousobranchia (Order) > Polyclinidae (Family) > Aplidiopsis (Genus) > Aplidiopsis tubiferus (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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Aplidiopsis tubiferus (Tubiferus ascidian),Port Elizabeth 2009, Copyright Johan Swanepoel

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