
"Styela clava" is a solitary, subtidal ascidian tunicate. As its common names suggest, "S. clava" is club-shaped with an elongated oval body and a long peduncle for attaching to a substrate. Although native to the northwestern waters of the Pacific Ocean, since the 1900s, "S. clava" has become an increasingly successful invasive species outside of its native range.
Similar species: Stolidobranchia
By Christine Young
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Uploaded Sep 8, 2023. Captured Sep 6, 2023 10:37 in PXJF+9G Harpswell, ME, USA.