Gynandrocarpa placenta Tunicate,Elephant ears

Gynandrocarpa placenta is commonly referred to as Tunicate,Elephant ears. Difficulty in the aquarium: Not suitable for home aquaria!.

Johan Swanepoel, Südafrika

Gynandrocarpa placenta (Elephant ears),Port Elizabeth 2010, Copyright Johan Swanepoel

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AphiaID:: 253027

Scientific:: Gynandrocarpa placenta
German:: Seescheide, Elefantenohr
English:: Tunicate,Elephant Ears

Category:: Osłonice

Family tree:: Animalia (Kingdom) > Chordata (Phylum) > Ascidiacea (Class) > Stolidobranchia (Order) > Styelidae (Family) > Gynandrocarpa (Genus) > placenta (Species)
Initial determination:: (Herdman, ), 1886

Occurrence:: South-Africa
Size:: up to 7.87" (20 cm)
Temperature:: °F - 62.6 °F (°C - 17°C)
Food:: Filter feeder
Difficulty:: Not suitable for home aquaria!

CITES:

Not evaluated

Related species at Catalog of Life:

Gynandrocarpa misanthropos
Gynandrocarpa placenta
Seescheide, Elefantenohr
Gynandrocarpa solitaris

Author:: Meerwasser-Lexikon Team
Publisher:: Meerwasser-Lexikon.de
Created:: 2016-02-21 20:00:32
Last edit:: 2016-02-21 20:00:32

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Gynandrocarpa placenta (Herdman, 1886)

Gynandrocarpa placenta, commonly known as Elephant ear, is a large colonial ascidian. The Elephant ear form a thick oval orange pad on a short stalk.

Gynandrocarpa placenta occours in shallow water to dephts of 10-20 m.Its a filterfeeder.

Synonym:
Gynandrocarpa unilateralis

Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Chordata (Phylum) > Tunicata (Subphylum) > Ascidiacea (Class) > Stolidobranchia (Order) > Styelidae (Family) > Gynandrocarpa (Genus) > Gynandrocarpa placenta (Species)

External links

BoldSystems (en). Abgerufen am 07.08.2020.
Eastern Cape Scuba Diving (en). Abgerufen am 07.08.2020.
World Register of Marine Species (WoRMS) (en). Abgerufen am 07.08.2020.

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Gynandrocarpa placenta (Elephant ears),Port Elizabeth 2010, Copyright Johan Swanepoel

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