Ascidian

Lissoclinum fragile

Other invertebrates
IUCN: Not evaluated

Usual depth1–21 m
Water temperature14–29 °C
Best monthsMarch
How commonRare

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Photo credit: (c) Esteban Tazzioli, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC BY · iNaturalist

About this species

Lissoclinum fragile is a species of tunicate. This species was named by Willard G. Van Name in 1902.

Text from the Wikipedia article “Lissoclinum fragile”, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. Read the article

Where and when

Where it has been recorded

Worldwide

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Best months

Worldwide (open data)

January: 2 records
February: 3 records
March: 91 records
April: 1 records
May: 4 records
June: 0 records
July: 1 records
August: 42 records
September: 0 records
October: 5 records
November: 10 records
December: 2 records

Depth and water temperature

Depth

Mostly recorded at 1–21 m · Deepest record: 30 m

0–10 m: 54 records
10–20 m: 41 records
20–30 m: 50 records
30–40 m: 1 records

Water temperature

Recorded in surface water of 14–29 °C

12–14 °C: 72 records
14–16 °C: 0 records
16–18 °C: 0 records
18–20 °C: 0 records
20–22 °C: 0 records
22–24 °C: 1 records
24–26 °C: 2 records
26–28 °C: 49 records
28–30 °C: 5 records

Names and classification

English: Ascidian

Other scientific names: Diplosoma fragile, Diplosomoides fragile

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Sources and credits

Names and taxonomy: WoRMS (CC BY 4.0) and the GBIF Backbone (CC BY 4.0). Photos: iNaturalist observers, each under the licence shown (CC0, CC BY or CC BY-SA).

Depth, temperature, months and maps: records from OBIS and GBIF under CC0 or CC BY.
Descriptions: Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA, each linked to its article.
Conservation status as published by GBIF (IUCN Red List).
199 open-data records from 1941 to 2019.
Species data updated November 4, 2026.

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