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Aplidium glabrum Sea tunicate

Aplidium glabrum is commonly referred to as Sea tunicate. Difficulty in the aquarium: Not suitable for aquarium keeping. Toxicity: Toxic hazard unknown.


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Glänzende Seescheide (Aplidium glabrum)

Glänzende Seescheide (Aplidium glabrum), Foto: Grevelinger Meer, Niederlande. Größenvergleich: Gewindestab M6 x 1 mm


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lexID:
6162 
AphiaID:
103647 
Scientific:
Aplidium glabrum 
German:
Glänzende Seescheide 
English:
Sea Tunicate 
Category:
Ascidies 
Family tree:
Animalia (Kingdom) > Chordata (Phylum) > Ascidiacea (Class) > Aplousobranchia (Order) > Polyclinidae (Family) > Aplidium (Genus) > glabrum (Species) 
Initial determination:
(Verrill, ), 1871 
Occurrence:
Russland, the North Sea, Arctic (North Polar Sea), Canada Western Atlantic, East-Atlantic Ocean, European Coasts, Gulf of Maine, Iceland, Japan, North Pacific (Ocean), Northern Africa, Scandinavia, the British Isles, the Faroe Islands, USA 
Marine Zone:
Bathypelagial
The bathypelagial ranges from 1000 to 4000 meters depth.
The pressure in this depth zone is up to approx. 400 bar (4,000 tons per square meter or 400 kg per square centimeter.
There is no light left, only fish and bacteria can produce light in the form of bioluminescence.
 
Sea depth:
0 - 3338 Meter 
Size:
2.76" - 7.48" (7cm - 19cm) 
Temperature:
°F - 77 °F (°C - 25°C) 
Food:
Filter feeder, Plankton, Suspension feeder 
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
:
  • Aplidium abditum
  • Aplidium abyssum
  • Aplidium acropodium
  • Aplidium acroporum
  • Aplidium aegeaensis
  • Aplidium albicans
  • Aplidium altarium
  • Aplidium amorphatum
  • Aplidium annulatum
  • Aplidium antillense
 
Author:
Publisher:
Meerwasser-Lexikon.de
Created:
Last edit:
2026-01-14 16:07:26 

Info

(Verrill, 1871)

Depth range 8-400 meters.

Host of
Haplosaccus elongatus Ooishi & Illg, 1977
Haplostomella distincta Ooishi & Illg, 1977
Haplostomides luteolus Ooishi & Illg, 1977
Haplostomides amarouci (Blake, 1929)

Synonyms:
Amaroecium glabrum Verrill, 1871
Amaroucium glabrum Verrill, 1871
Amaroucium vinogradovae Beniaminson, 1974
Amoroecium glabrum Verrill, 1871
Amouroecium glabrum Verrill, 1871
Amouroucium glabrum Verrill, 1871
Aplidium flavum Huitfeld-Kaas, 1896
Circinalium pachydermatinum Jacobson, 1892
Synoicum pachydermatinum (Jacobson, 1892)

Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Chordata (Phylum) > Tunicata (Subphylum) > Ascidiacea (Class) > Aplousobranchia (Order) > Polyclinidae (Family) > Aplidium (Genus) > Aplidium glabrum (Species)

External links

  1. Habitas (Encyclopedia of Marine Life of Britain and Ireland) (en). Abgerufen am 07.08.2020.
  2. Marine Species Identification Portal (en) (Archive.org). Abgerufen am 07.08.2020.
  3. SeaLifeBase (multi). Abgerufen am 07.08.2020.
  4. World Register of Marine Species (WoRMS) (en). Abgerufen am 07.08.2020.

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Aplidium glabrum, 2019
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glänzende Seescheide (Aplidium glabrum)
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Glänzende Seescheide (Aplidium glabrum)
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Glänzende Seescheide (Aplidium glabrum)
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Glänzende Seescheide (Aplidium glabrum)
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© Anne Frijsinger & Mat Vestjens, Holland, Bild aus den Niederlanden
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