Strawberry Tunicate (Pseudodistoma australe)

Also known as Compound Ascidian, Sea Squirt, Tunicate

Description

Also known as Compound Ascidian, Sea Squirt, Tunicate.

Found poking out from rock crevices, ledges and walls, of coral and rocky reefs.
They feed on plankton.
Length - ?cm
Depth - 5-30m
Widespread Indo-West 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. Ref: x

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