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Sea squirts

Tunicate

Pseudodistoma australe

Also known as: Compound Ascidian, Sea Squirt

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@fishx6 · Gullivers, Lighthouse Bay, Ningaloo Reef, Exmouth, WA, Australia · March 20141 / 2
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Overview

Found poking out from rock crevices, ledges and walls, 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 poking out from rock crevices, ledges and walls, of coral and rocky reefs.

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    Taxonomy

    1. kingdomAnimalia
    2. phylumChordata
    3. classAscidiacea
    4. orderAplousobranchia
    5. familyPseudodistomidae
    6. genusPseudodistoma
    7. speciesPseudodistoma australe Kott, 1957

    SourcesWoRMS

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