Singing Sea Squirt
Scientific Name: Clavelina robusta
Species: Ascidians (Polycitoridae)
Other names: Tunicates, Sea Squirts, Robust Sea Squirt, Colonial Ascidians, Compound Ascidians, Stalked Ascidian.
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Singing Sea SquirtUploaded by: @fishx6 in August 2008
Photographed at: Lembeh Resort - Indonesia
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Singing Sea SquirtUploaded by: @fishx6 in August 2008
Photographed at: Lembeh Resort - Indonesia
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Singing Sea SquirtUploaded by: @blogie in October 2011
Photographed at: Takut Tabo Dive Site, General Santos City - Philippines
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Description
Also known as Tunicates, Sea Squirts, Robust Sea Squirt, Colonial Ascidians, Compound Ascidians and Stalked Ascidian.
Found on coral and rocky reefs on walls and drop off's, often in dense patches of cylindrical zooids.
They feed on plankton and detritus.
Height - 1cm
Depth -
Widespread Western Pacific
Ascidian, also known as tunicates because their bodies are covered by a "tunic" a tough cellulose-like covering.
The other common name is sea squirt because when threatened they sometimes eject a jet of water. (edit)
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The Singing Sea Squirt is found in or near the Western Pacific region(s) and has been photographed 3 times by users @fishx6 @blogie
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