Sea Squirts - mostly colonial - Order Aplousobranchia

Critter Spotlight: Clavelina viola

Photo Credit: edge-of-reef.com

These are shallow water animals with translucent bodies walls prefer shadowy areas under overhangs, and/or sides of vertical walls. All require moderate nutrient rich currents, nevertheless, most should not be harvested for the trade, as they are difficult to maintain long-term. Many are shown here simply for their beauty, and should be left in the wild!

Family Clavelinidae

• Clavelina detorta (Stalked Tunicate)
• Clavelina diminuta (White-spot Ascidian)
• Clavelina flava (Multicolor Tunicate)
• Clavelina lepadiformis (Unknown)
• Clavelina moluccensis (Blue Sea Squirt)
• Clavelina picta (Busy Sea Squirt)
• Clavelina robusta (Cat Eye/Singing Tunicate)
• Clavelina sp. 1 (Unknown)
• Clavelina sp. 2 (Unknown)
• Clavelina sp. 3 (Unknown)
• Clavelina sp. 4 (Unknown)
• Clavelina sp. 5 (Unknown)
• Clavelina viola (Colonial Purple Tunicate)
• Nephtheis (Oxycorxnia) fascicularis (Pom-Pom Tunicate)

Family Diazonidae

• Rhopalaea crassa (Blue Sea Squirt)
• Rhopalaea sp. (Unknown)

Family Didemnidae

• Atriolum robustum (Unknown)
• Didemnidae sp. 1 (Unknown)
• Didemnidae sp. 2 (Unknown)
• Didemnidae sp. 3 (Unknown)
• Didemnidae sp. 4 (Unknown)
• Didemnum cornulentum (Colony Sea Squirt)
• Didemnum cuculliferum (Colony Sea Squirt)
• Didemnum molle (Colony Sea Squirt)
• Didemnum moseleyi (Colony Sea Squirt)
• Leptoclinides reticulatus (Encrusting Sea Squirts)
• Lissoclinum bistratum (Unknown)
• Lissoclinum patellum (Unknown)
• Lissoclinum reginum (Unknown)
• Lissoclinum sp. (Unknown)
• Trididemnum pigmentatum (Unknown)
• Trididemnum solidum (Unknown)

Family Holozoidae

• Distaplia corolla (Button Tunicate)
• Sigillina signifera (Sea Squirt)
• Sigillina sp. (Unknown)

Family Polycitoridae

• Aplidium crateriferum (Crater Sea Squirt)
• Aplidium tabascum (Unknown)
• Brevicollus tuberatus (Colony Tunicate)
• Eudistoma gilboviride (Colony Sea Squirt)
• Eudistoma reginum (Colony Sea Squirt)
• Eudistoma sp. 1 (Unknown)
• Eudistoma sp. 2 (Unknown)
• Eudistoma sp. 3 (Unknown)
• Eudistoma sp. 4 (Unknown)
• Eudistoma sp. 5 (Unknown)
• Eudistoma sp. 6 (Unknown)

Family Polyclinidae

• Aplidiopsis sp. (Sea Squirt)