Clavelina moluccensis Blue Spot Ascidian

Clavelina moluccensis is commonly referred to as Blue Spot Ascidian. Difficulty in the aquarium: Not suitable for aquarium keeping. Toxicity: Toxic hazard unknown.

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lexID:

3768 

AphiaID:

251574 

Scientific:

Clavelina moluccensis 

German:

Keulen-Seescheide 

English:

Blue Spot Ascidian 

Category:

Ascidies 

Family tree:

Animalia (Kingdom) > Chordata (Phylum) > Ascidiacea (Class) > Aplousobranchia (Order) > Clavelinidae (Family) > Clavelina (Genus) > moluccensis (Species) 

Initial determination:

(Sluiter, ), 1904 

Occurrence:

Australia, Guam, India, Indo Pacific, Indonesia, Malaysia, Mauritius, Mozambique, Papua New Guinea, Philippines, Singapore, South-Pazific, Taiwan, Western Pacific Ocean 

Sea depth:

3 - 113 Meter 

Size:

0" - 0.79" (0,5cm - 2,5cm) 

Temperature:

71.6 °F - 78.8 °F (22°C - 26°C) 

Food:

Filter feeder, Food specialist, Plankton 

Difficulty:

Not suitable for aquarium keeping 

Offspring:

Not available as offspring 

Toxicity:

Toxic hazard unknown 

CITES:

Not evaluated 

Red List:

Not evaluated (NE) 

Related species at
Catalog of Life:

• Clavelina amplexa
• Clavelina arafurensis
• 
  Clavelina auracea
  Golden-Gestielte Seescheide, Gestielte Clavelina
• 
  Clavelina australis
  Blaue Seescheide, Australische Clavelina
• Clavelina baudinensis
• Clavelina borealis
• Clavelina brasiliensis
• 
  Clavelina breve
  Seescheide
• 
  Clavelina coerulea
  Blaue Seescheide
• Clavelina concrescens
• 
  Clavelina cyclus
  Seescheide
• Clavelina cylindrica
• Clavelina dagysa
• 
  Clavelina dellavallei
  Durchscheinende Seescheide
• 
  Clavelina detorta
  Seescheide
• Clavelina elegans
• Clavelina enormis
• Clavelina fasciculata
• Clavelina fecunda
• Clavelina flava
• Clavelina gigantea
• 
  Clavelina huntsmani
  Glühlampen Seescheide
• Clavelina kottae
• 
  Clavelina lepadiformis
  Glaskeulen-Seescheide, Kristall-Seescheide
• Clavelina maculata
• 
  Clavelina meridionalis
  Seescheide
• Clavelina michaelseni
• Clavelina miniata
• Clavelina mirabilis
• 
  Clavelina moluccensis
  Keulen-Seescheide
• Clavelina nana
• Clavelina neapolitana
• Clavelina nigra
• Clavelina obesa
• 
  Clavelina oblonga
  Seescheide
• Clavelina oliva
• Clavelina ostrearium
• Clavelina phlegraea
• 
  Clavelina picta
  Glockenblumen-Seescheide
• Clavelina polycitorella
• Clavelina pseudobaudinensis
• 
  Clavelina puertosecensis
  Blaue Keulenseescheide, Glockenblumenseescheide
• 
  Clavelina robusta
  Robuste Seescheide, Keulen-Seescheide
• Clavelina roseola
• Clavelina sabbadini
• Clavelina simplex
• 
  Clavelina steenbrasensis
  Steenbras Seescheide
• 
  Clavelina viola
  Seescheide
• Alle anzeigen

 

More related species
in this lexicon:

• 
  Clavelina gemmae
  Seescheide

 

Author:

Meerwasser-Lexikon Team

Publisher:

Meerwasser-Lexikon.de

Created:

2011-06-29 10:23:45 

Last edit:

2023-10-01 12:43:05 

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