Clavelina moluccensis (Sluiter, 1904) is a animal in the Clavelinidae family, order Aplousobranchia, kingdom Animalia. Not known to be toxic.

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Clavelina moluccensis (Sluiter, 1904)

Clavelina moluccensis (Sluiter, 1904)

Clavelina moluccensis is a blue tunicate with dark blue markings found across the Western Pacific that grows in clusters on hard substrates.

Family
Genus
Clavelina
Order
Aplousobranchia
Class
Ascidiacea

About Clavelina moluccensis (Sluiter, 1904)

Clavelina moluccensis (Sluiter, 1904) individuals are 0.5 to 2.5 centimeters long, with a light to medium blue body. The tops of their zooids always have clearly visible characteristic dark blue patches and spots. This species is distributed in waters around Australia, the Western Pacific, Indonesia, Papua New Guinea, the Mariana Islands, the Philippines, Singapore, and Malaysia. It grows in clusters that attach to dead coral or other hard substrates, and is typically found under overhangs.

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Taxonomy

Animalia Chordata Ascidiacea Aplousobranchia Clavelinidae Clavelina

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Sources: GBIF, iNaturalist, Wikipedia, NCBI Taxonomy · Disclaimer

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