(Click on images or names to open) Yellow background, introduced species Photographed and compiled by Peter J. Bryant (pjbryant@uci.edu) |
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| Tunicates | ||||
| Class Appendicularia (Larvaceans) | ||||
| Fritillariidae | Oikopleuridae | |||
 Fritillaria borealis |
 Oikopleura sp. |
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| Class Ascidiacea (Sea Squirts) | ||||
| Cionidae | Styelidae | |||
 Pacific Transparent Sea Squirt, Ciona savignyi |
 Social (not colonial) Ascidian, Metandrocarpa dura |
 Club Tunicate, Styela clava |
 Pleated Sea Squirt, Styela plicata |
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| Botryllidae: Colonial tunicates | ||||
 Colonial Tunicate, Botrylloides diegensis (red/white form) |
 Colonial Tunicate, Botrylloides diegensis (orange form) |
 Golden Star Tunicate, Botryllus schlosseri |
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| Class Thaliacea (Pelagic tunicates) | ||||
 Pyrosome, Pyrosoma sp. |
 Salp, Cyclosalpa affinis |
 Doliolid, Doliolum denticulatum |
 Salp, Salpa fusiformis |
 Salp, Thalia rhomboides |