Symplegma viride Green Encrusting Social Tunicate

Symplegma viride is commonly referred to as Green Encrusting Social Tunicate. Difficulty in the aquarium: Not suitable for aquarium keeping. Toxicity: Toxic hazard unknown.

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lexID:

18144 

AphiaID:

212501 

Scientific:

Symplegma viride 

German:

Grüne Krustenseescheide 

English:

Green Encrusting Social Tunicate 

Category:

Søpunge 

Family tree:

Animalia (Kingdom) > Chordata (Phylum) > Ascidiacea (Class) > Stolidobranchia (Order) > Styelidae (Family) > Symplegma (Genus) > viride (Species) 

Initial determination:

Herdman, 1886 

Occurrence:

Australia, Bonaire, Curacao, Florida, Gulf of Mexico, Indo Pacific, Israel, Martinique, Mozambique, Red Sea, South-Africa, The Bahamas, the Caribbean, the Cayman Islands, the Mediterranean Sea, USA 

Marine Zone:

Subtidal, sublittoral, infralittoral, deep zone of the oceans from the lower limit of the intertidal zone (intertidal) to the shelf edge at about 200 m water depth. neritic. 

Sea depth:

0,3 - 30 Meter 

Habitats:

Port facilities, Rocky, hard seabeds, Seawater, Sea water, Stony Soils 

Size:

0" - 0" (0,25cm - 0,4cm) 

Temperature:

°F - 82.4 °F (°C - 28°C) 

Food:

Filter feeder, No reliable information available, Suspension feeder 

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:

• Symplegma alterna
• Symplegma arenosa
• Symplegma bahraini
• 
  Symplegma brakenhielmi
  Brakenhilms Krustenseescheide
• Symplegma connectens
• Symplegma japonica
• Symplegma reptans
• 
  Symplegma rubra
  Rote Krustenseescheide
• Symplegma stuhlmanni
• Symplegma teruakii
• 
  Symplegma viride
  Grüne Krustenseescheide
• 
  Symplegma zebra
  Zebra Krustenseescheide
• Alle anzeigen

 

Author:

Meerwasser-Lexikon Team

Publisher:

Meerwasser-Lexikon.de

Created:

2026-02-12 12:34:36 

Last edit:

2026-02-12 12:34:36 

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