sea squirt: Quick Facts

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Also Known As	ascidian • Ascidiacea

Photos

sea squirt; colonial tunicate

Bright blue sea squirt Rhopalaea crassa with yellow-edged openings grows on a coral reef among various corals in the Philippines.

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Topics

Pleurogona Enterogona Aplousobranchia Phlebobranchia Stolidobranchia tunicate larvacean

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