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Cystodytes lobatus Lobed Tunicate

Cystodytes lobatus is commonly referred to as Lobed Tunicate. Difficulty in the aquarium: Not suitable for aquarium keeping. Toxicity: Toxic hazard unknown.

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Cystodytes lobatus, Lobed Tunicate, God's Pocket 2019


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lexID:
15123 
AphiaID:
250432 
Scientific:
Cystodytes lobatus 
German:
Gelappte Seescheide 
English:
Lobed Tunicate 
Category:
Sea Squirts 
Family tree:
Animalia (Kingdom) > Chordata (Phylum) > Ascidiacea (Class) > Aplousobranchia (Order) > Polycitoridae (Family) > Cystodytes (Genus) > lobatus (Species) 
Initial determination:
(Ritter, ), 1900 
Occurrence:
Canada Eastern Pacific, Eastern Pacific Ocean, Gulf of California, Mexico (East Pacific), Northeast Pacific Ocean, USA 
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:
0 - 200 Meter 
Habitats:
Coastal waters, Intertidal zone, Tidal Zone, Rocky shores, Rock coasts, Rocky, hard seabeds, Seawater, Sea water 
Size:
1.18" - 1.97" (3cm - 5cm) 
Temperature:
8,1 °F - 24,3 °F (8,1°C - 24,3°C) 
Food:
Filter feeder 
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:
  • Cystodytes antarcticus
  • Cystodytes dellechiajei
  • Cystodytes durus
  • Cystodytes fuscus
  • Cystodytes guinensis
  • Cystodytes lobatus
    Gelappte Seescheide
  • Cystodytes luteus
  • Cystodytes mucosus
  • Cystodytes multipapillatus
  • Cystodytes punctatus
 
Author:
Publisher:
Meerwasser-Lexikon.de
Created:
Last edit:
2024-04-10 16:28:20 

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Cystodytes lobatus (Ritter, 1900)

Compound tunicate. Colour: milky white, bluish, pale pink, lavender or pale orange, lacking embedded sand grains; 3-5 cm thick, often growing up into lobes. No zooids visible on surface of colony. Microscopic discoid calcareous spicules in tunic; numerous mucus-filled bladder cells in tunic.

Synonymised names:
Distoma lobata Ritter, 1900 · unaccepted (original combination)
Eudistoma lobata (Ritter, 1900) · unaccepted (literature misspelling)
Eudistoma lobatum (Ritter, 1900) · unaccepted (new combination)

External links

  1. sealifebase (en). Abgerufen am 10.04.2024.
  2. seanet.stanfort.edu (en). Abgerufen am 28.08.2022.

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Cystodytes lobatus, California, USA 2018
Cystodytes lobatus, Lobed Tunicate, God's Pocket 2019
Cystodytes lobatus (Pigeon Point) 2020

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