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Animal realm > Chordates > Tunicates > Ascidians, Sea squirts > Unidentified compound species

Unidentified compound species

Scientific name : Specie non identificata


NIce colonial ascidian, small (0.5 cm) zooids in small stalked clusters. In any cluster, the zoides are in a circle, with common cloacal siphon in the middle. Two yellow spots in the area between siphons. Slightly similar to a Botryllus due to circles of zooids.

Associated organisms
Commonly found on dead black coral or gorgonian skeletons, or on sponges. Eaten by the flat worm Pseudoceros bifurcus.


Habitat: Reef

Distribution: North Sulawesi

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