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Aplidium flavolineatum Rosette Sea Squirt

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

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Aplidium flavolineatum (Rosette sea squirt),Port Elizabeth, Copyright Johan Swanepoel


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lexID:
9352 
AphiaID:
249858 
Scientific:
Aplidium flavolineatum 
German:
Rosetten-Seescheide, Weißlinien-Seescheide 
English:
Rosette Sea Squirt 
Category:
Sea Squirts 
Family tree:
Animalia (Kingdom) > Chordata (Phylum) > Ascidiacea (Class) > Aplousobranchia (Order) > Polyclinidae (Family) > Aplidium (Genus) > flavolineatum (Species) 
Initial determination:
(Sluiter, ), 1898 
Occurrence:
South-Africa 
Sea depth:
5 - 10 Meter 
Habitats:
Rocky, hard seabeds, Seawater, Sea water, Stony soils 
Size:
0.39" - 11.81" (1cm - 30cm) 
Temperature:
22,2 °F - 27,6 °F (22,2°C - 27,6°C) 
Food:
Filter feeder, Plankton 
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:
  • 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:
2025-03-09 19:50:26 

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Aplidium flavolineatum (Sluiter, 1898)

Aplidium flavolineatum is a colonial-like acidian.The colony is 35 cm wide, the Zooids are a cm long.Aplidium flavolineatu often confused with sponges.The colour is crem, pink or red.

The Rosette sea squirt can be found in shaloow rocky reefs to 1-18 m dephts.This Southern Africa sea squirt is a filterfeeder.

Synonymised names
Amaroucium astraeoides Sluiter, 1898 · unaccepted (original combination)
Amaroucium flavolineatum Sluiter, 1898 · unaccepted (original combination)
Amaroucium simplex Sluiter, 1898 · unaccepted (original combination)
Aplidium flavo-lineatum (Sluiter) · unaccepted (spelling variation)

External links

  1. sealifebase.se (en). Abgerufen am 09.03.2025.

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Aplidium flavolineatum (Rosette sea squirt),Port Elizabeth, Copyright Johan Swanepoel
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Aplidium flavolineatum (Rosette sea squirt),Port Elizabeth, Copyright Johan Swanepoel
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Aplidium flavolineatum (Rosette sea squirt),Port Elizabeth, Copyright Johan Swanepoel
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Aplidium flavolineatum,boat rock, Cape Point, Cape Town, South Africa 2023 (CC-BY-SA)

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