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Encrusting social tunicate
Symplegma viride
Herdman, 1886
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Summary
Tiny individuals grow in clusters, their tunics joining at the bases tot
form a common tunic that encrusts areas of the substrate. Reported to
be yellow-green, green, orange and purple. May have other color
varieties. Interiors of siphons are often contrasting shades or colors.
Distribution range
St. Eustatius, Saba, BES-eilanden, Common Florida and Bahamas.
Author
[Niels Schrieken, april 2015]
Literature
- Millar,
R. H. (1962). Some ascidians from the Caribbean. Studies on the Fauna
of Curaçao and other Caribbean Islands, 13(59), 61-77.
Commentaar
Grafieken