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Ascidiella scabra

Hairy sea-squirt

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Ascidiella scabra

Concarneau Bay, France, 4 meters, 2011, WBN

Description

Ascidiella scabra is a solitary ascidian of 2 to 5 cm in length. Its oval body is often attached to sustratum, seaweeds or rocks, by its left side. The cartilaginous test is white, more or less translucent with small reddish spots and small red papillae around both siphons. The atrial siphon is close to the terminal oral siphon.

Distribution

Ascidiella scabra vit en Atlantique, Manche, Mer du Nord et en Méditerranée.

Classification

Source : World Register of Marine Species
Dernière mise à jour 25-12-2024

Glossaire de la page

Tunique : tégument ou tissus épais riche en cellulose.

Siphon : orifice par lequel un animal aspire ou expulse l'eau qu'il filtre pour en capter les éléments nutritifs.

Siphon buccal : orifice par lequel l'animal aspire l'eau qu'il va filtrer.

Authors

Text : Anne Bay-Nouailhat © 2006 - 2024.

Photos : © Wilfried Bay-Nouailhat. Published with his kind permission.
Websites and reference works : Consult bibliography

Image satellite: © Esri, DigitalGlobe, GeoEye, Earthstar Geographics, CNES/Airbus DS, USDA, USGS, AeroGRID, IGN, and the GIS User Community.

Données de distribution : Ascidiella scabra in GBIF Secretariat (2019). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2024-12-25.

Guide des Tuniciers

Classification

Source : World Register of Marine Species


Dernière mise à jour 25-12-2024

Guide des Tuniciers

Page glossary

Tunique : tégument ou tissus épais riche en cellulose.

Siphon : orifice par lequel un animal aspire ou expulse l'eau qu'il filtre pour en capter les éléments nutritifs.

Siphon buccal : orifice par lequel l'animal aspire l'eau qu'il va filtrer.

Authors

Text : Anne Bay-Nouailhat © 2006 - 2024.

Photos : © Wilfried Bay-Nouailhat. Published with his kind permission.
Websites and reference works : Consult bibliography

How to cite this page

Bay-Nouailhat A., septembre 2006, Description of Ascidiella scabra, [On line] https://european-marine-life.org/32/ascidiella-scabra.php, consulted on 2024 December 25.

Author

Photographie de Anne Bay-Nouailhat

Anne Bay-Nouailhat

Project manager in marine environment
Professional diver - Naturalist

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