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  3. Chordates
  4. Tunicates
  5. Sea Squirts

class

Sea Squirts

Ascidiacea

Includes
30 native 8 introduced 11 present
Where
In the US
Source
iNaturalist

Field notes

Children

  • Aplousobranchia 12 native
  • Stolidobranchia 11 native
  • Phlebobranchia 7 native

Range

United States

Greener is more native, amber more introduced; paler is less certain. How this was decided

Most observed native sea squirts All

Native to the US, by observations.

  • Pacific Sea Pork Aplidium californicum 3,452 observations
  • Pleated Sea Squirt Styela plicata 2,306 observations
  • Sea Vase Ciona intestinalis 1,847 observations
  • Shiny Red Sea Squirt Cnemidocarpa finmarkiensis 1,740 observations
  • San Diego Sea Squirt Botrylloides diegensis 1,548 observations
  • Lightbulb Tunicate Clavelina huntsmani 1,185 observations
  • Long-stalked Sea Squirt Styela montereyensis 1,143 observations
  • Mushroom Tunicate Distaplia occidentalis 906 observations
  • Fused Orange Social Ascidian Metandrocarpa dura 669 observations
  • Taylor's Social Tunicate Metandrocarpa taylori 666 observations
  • Bristly Tunicate Boltenia villosa 652 observations
  • Speckled Sea Squirt Clavelina oblonga 274 observations
  • Wrinkled Tunicate Pyura haustor 244 observations
  • Sand Tunicate Eudistoma psammion 187 observations
  • Yellow Social Ascidian Pycnoclavella stanleyi 186 observations
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