Herdmania grandis Mauve-mouth Ascidian

Herdmania grandis is commonly referred to as Mauve-mouth Ascidian. Difficulty in the aquarium: There are no reports available yet that this animal has already been kept in captivity successfully. Toxicity: Toxic hazard unknown.

Profile

lexID:

11182 

AphiaID:

250691 

Scientific:

Herdmania grandis 

German:

Mauve-Mund Herdmania 

English:

Mauve-mouth Ascidian 

Category:

Sea Squirts 

Family tree:

Animalia (Kingdom) > Chordata (Phylum) > Ascidiacea (Class) > Stolidobranchia (Order) > Pyuridae (Family) > Herdmania (Genus) > grandis (Species) 

Initial determination:

(Heller, ), 1878 

Occurrence:

Australia, Coral sea (Eastern Australia), New South Wales (Australia), Papua New Guinea, Queensland (Australia), Raja Amat, South Australia, Tasmania (Australia), Victoria (Australia), Western Australia 

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:

1 - 100 Meter 

Habitats:

Bollards, Jetties, Sea bridges, Coral reefs, Seagrass meadows, Eelgrass Meadows, Seawater, Sea water, Sponge areas 

Size:

6.3" - 7.87" (16cm - 20cm) 

Temperature:

°F - 80.6 °F (°C - 27°C) 

Food:

Amphipods, Copepods, Crustaceans, Daphnia salina, Filter feeder, Invertebrates, Zooplankton 

Difficulty:

There are no reports available yet that this animal has already been kept in captivity successfully 

Offspring:

None 

Toxicity:

Toxic hazard unknown 

CITES:

Not evaluated 

Red List:

Not evaluated (NE) 

Related species at
Catalog of Life:

• Herdmania armata
• Herdmania colona
• Herdmania coutieri
• Herdmania curvata
• Herdmania fimbriae
• Herdmania insolita
• Herdmania japonica
• Herdmania kiiensis
• Herdmania mentula
• 
  Herdmania momus
  Herdmans Seescheide, Rote Lippen Seescheide
• Herdmania polyducta
• Herdmania subpallida
• Alle anzeigen

 

More related species
in this lexicon:

• 
  Herdmania grandis
  Mauve-Mund Herdmania
• 
  Herdmania pallida
  Seescheide

 

Author:

Meerwasser-Lexikon Team

Publisher:

Meerwasser-Lexikon.de

Created:

2017-10-31 19:09:37 

Last edit:

2024-04-26 12:48:47 

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