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Sea squirts

Strawberry Tunicate

Eudistoma

Also known as: Colonial Ascidian, Compound Ascidian, Sea Squirt, Tunicate

Adult
@Ziggy · Dorado Beach, Puerto Rico · July 20141 / 4
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Overview

Found on drop-offs and walls of coral and rocky reefs.

During the summer this very pretty ascidian grows in small patches over the reef.

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

Pattern
spots
Body shape
berries

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Habitat & where to find it

  • Range · Western Atlantic, Caribbean
  • Country only · 4
LIVES IN

Found on drop-offs and walls of coral and rocky reefs.

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Adult photos 4

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    Taxonomy

    1. kingdomAnimalia
    2. phylumChordata
    3. classAscidiacea
    4. orderAplousobranchia
    5. familyPolycitoridae
    6. genusEudistoma Caullery, 1909

    SourcesWoRMS

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    More in the family

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