Blue-ring Sea Squirt
Clavelina coerulea
Also known as: Blue Ring Sea Squirt, Blue Tunicate, Bluebell Sea Squirt, Colonial Ascidian, Compound Ascidian, Little Bottle, Sea Squirt, Tunicate, Yellow Ring Sea Squirt
- Blue Ring Sea Squirt
- Blue Tunicate
- Bluebell Sea Squirt
- Colonial Ascidian
- Compound Ascidian
- Little Bottle
- Sea Squirt
- Tunicate
- Yellow Ring Sea Squirt
Overview
Found in colonies attached to the substrate of sheltered reef flats and slopes.
They feed on suspended detritus and plankton.
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.
How to identify
Habitat & where to find it
- Range · Indo-Pacific
- Country only · 1
Found in colonies attached to the substrate of sheltered reef flats and slopes.
Adult photos 1
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Taxonomy
- kingdomAnimalia
- phylumChordata
- classAscidiacea
- orderAplousobranchia
- familyClavelinidae
- genusClavelina
- speciesClavelina coerulea Oka, 1934
SourcesWoRMS
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