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Tunicates

Sea squirts and salps - primitive chordates that share a larval stage with vertebrates. Often mistaken for sponges or anemones by new divers.

10 species cataloged.

Species

  • Botryllus schlosseri - Star ascidian
  • Clavelina lepadiformis - Light-bulb tunicate
  • Didemnum molle - Green barrel tunicate
  • Halocynthia papillosa - Red sea squirt
  • Microcosmus sabatieri - Sea fig
  • Polycarpa aurata - Gold-mouth sea squirt
  • Rhopalaea crassa - Blue bell tunicate
  • Atriolum robustum - Robust atriolum
  • Clavelina dellavallei - Purple clavelina
  • Polycarpa mytiligera - Mussel-like ascidian