Polyclinum planum, Elephant ear tunicate
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Polyclinum planum   (Ritter & Forsyth, 1917)

Elephant ear tunicate

Native range | All suitable habitat | Point map | Year 2050
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Polyclinum planum  AquaMaps  Data sources: GBIF OBIS
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Classification / Names Populärnamn | synonymer | CoL | ITIS | WoRMS

Ascidiacea | Aplousobranchia | Polyclinidae

Environment: milieu / climate zone / djupintervall / distribution range Ekologi

; djupintervall 0 - 30 m (Ref. 865).  Tropical

Distribution Länder | FAO områden | Ekosystem | Förekomster | Utplanteringar

Eastern Central Pacific: USA to Mexico.

Length at first maturity / Size / Weight / Age

Könsmognad: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm Max length : 20.0 cm WD hane/ej könsbestämd; (Ref. 865)

Biologi     Ordlista (t.ex. epibenthic)

It is found rocks from the very low intertidal to a depth of 30 meters (Ref. 865).

Life cycle and mating behavior Könsmognad | Reproduktion | Lek | Eggs | Fecundity | Larvae

Members of the class Ascidiacea are hermaphroditic; both cross- and self-fertilization is typical. Life cycle: Eggs develop into lecithotrophic larva before metamorphosing into benthic adults.

Main reference referenser | Koordinator | Medarbetare

Lambert, C.C. and G. Lambert 1998 Non-indigenous ascidians in southern California harbours and marinas. Mar. Biol. 130:675-688. (Ref. 2268)

IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435: Version 2025-1)


CITES status (Ref. 108899)

Not Evaluated

CMS (Ref. 116361)

Not Evaluated

Threat to humans

Human uses


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BHL | BOLD Systems | CISTI | DiscoverLife | FAO(Publication : search) | Fishipedia | GenBank (genome, nucleotide) | GloBI | Gomexsi | Google Books | Google Scholar | Google | PubMed | Tree of Life | Wikipedia (Go, sök) | Zoological Record

Estimates based on models

Preferred temperature (Ref. 115969): 12.8 - 25.1, mean 18 (based on 91 cells).
Fishing Vulnerability (Ref. 71543): Low vulnerability (10 of 100).
Price category (Ref. 80766): Unknown.