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Sea squirts

Blue Sea Squirt

Clavelina moluccensis

Also known as: Blue Spot Ascidian, Blue Spot Sea Squirt, Bluebell Sea Squirt, Bluebell Tunicate, Colonial Ascidian, Compound Ascidian, Little Bottles, Moluccan Ascidian, Sea Squirt, Tunicate, Zooids

Adult
@mcpascasio · DiveInnBali, Indonesia · June 20171 / 1
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Overview

Found in clusters, attached to dead corals, or other hard substrates, often found beneath overhangs, of coral and rocky reefs.

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.

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How to identify

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Habitat & where to find it

  • Range · Indo-West Pacific
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Found in clusters, attached to dead corals, or other hard substrates, often found beneath overhangs, of coral and rocky reefs.

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    Taxonomy

    1. kingdomAnimalia
    2. phylumChordata
    3. classAscidiacea
    4. orderAplousobranchia
    5. familyClavelinidae
    6. genusClavelina
    7. speciesClavelina moluccensis (Sluiter, 1904)

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