subphylum
Tunicates
Tunicata
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Range
Greener is more native, amber more introduced; paler is less certain. How this was decided
Most observed native tunicates All
Native to the US, by observations.
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Pacific Sea Pork
Aplidium californicum
3,452 observations
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Atlantic Pyrosomes
Pyrosoma atlanticum
2,885 observations
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Pleated Sea Squirt
Styela plicata
2,306 observations
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Sea Vase
Ciona intestinalis
1,847 observations
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Shiny Red Sea Squirt
Cnemidocarpa finmarkiensis
1,740 observations
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San Diego Sea Squirt
Botrylloides diegensis
1,548 observations
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Twin-sailed Salp
Thetys vagina
1,207 observations
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Lightbulb Tunicate
Clavelina huntsmani
1,185 observations
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Long-stalked Sea Squirt
Styela montereyensis
1,143 observations
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Mushroom Tunicate
Distaplia occidentalis
906 observations
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Fused Orange Social Ascidian
Metandrocarpa dura
669 observations
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Taylor's Social Tunicate
Metandrocarpa taylori
666 observations
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Bristly Tunicate
Boltenia villosa
652 observations
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Common Salp
Salpa fusiformis
442 observations
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Speckled Sea Squirt
Clavelina oblonga
274 observations