Clavelinidae
Clavelina huntsmani Van Name, 1931
Clavelina huntsmani Van Name, 1931
Clavelina huntsmani, the lightbulb tunicate, has transparent zooids in large clusters, named for its pink light bulb filament-like lines.
Clavelina robusta Kott, 1990
Clavelina robusta Kott, 1990
Clavelina robusta is a clustered colonial tunicate with colored ringed siphons found in the Western Pacific region.
Clavelina lepadiformis (Müller, 1776)
Clavelina lepadiformis (Müller, 1776)
Clavelina lepadiformis is a common shallow-water European ascidian with a transparent tunic and cryptic species in the Mediterranean.
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.
Clavelina australis (Herdman, 1899)
Clavelina australis (Herdman, 1899)
Clavelina australis is a sessile colonial filter-feeding ascidian found in shallow waters off southeastern Australia.
Nephtheis fascicularis (Drasche, 1882)
Nephtheis fascicularis (Drasche, 1882)
Nephtheis fascicularis is a single-species genus Indonesian shallow reef tunicate, unrelated to true corals despite common names like blue palm coral.
Pycnoclavella stanleyi Berrill & Abbott, 1949
Pycnoclavella stanleyi Berrill & Abbott, 1949
Pycnoclavella stanleyi is a small sessile colonial tunicate found in shallow Eastern Pacific waters from British Columbia to Baja California.
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