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Rough Sea Squirt - Styela clava They ranged in length from about 4-8 cm, and felt tough and leathery.<br /> <br /> Habitat: Attached to rocks in tide pools during low tide<br /> <figure class="photo"><a href="https://www.jungledragon.com/image/153635/rough_sea_squirt_-_styela_clava.html" title="Rough Sea Squirt - Styela clava"><img src="https://s3.amazonaws.com/media.jungledragon.com/images/3232/153635_thumb.jpg?AWSAccessKeyId=05GMT0V3GWVNE7GGM1R2&Expires=1761782410&Signature=D72UqTOQMujNRrZDKTVb167o7Mk%3D" width="200" height="150" alt="Rough Sea Squirt - Styela clava *Note the bright pink thing in back of the sea squirt. I have no idea what that is.*<br /> <br /> They ranged in length from about 4-8 cm, and felt tough and leathery.<br /> <br /> Habitat: Attached to rocks in tide pools during low tide<br /> https://www.jungledragon.com/image/153636/rough_sea_squirt_-_styela_clava.html Geotagged,Styela,Styela clava,Summer,United States,sea squirt,tunicate" /></a></figure><br /> <figure class="photo"><a href="https://www.jungledragon.com/image/153754/rough_sea_squirt_-_styela_clava.html" title="Rough Sea Squirt - Styela clava"><img src="https://s3.amazonaws.com/media.jungledragon.com/images/3232/153754_thumb.jpg?AWSAccessKeyId=05GMT0V3GWVNE7GGM1R2&Expires=1761782410&Signature=wAZ4Qk8LCaIUBCGLd2bYFhR4%2BIg%3D" width="200" height="154" alt="Rough Sea Squirt - Styela clava Not a good photo, but I wanted to share it because I thought it was interesting for the following reason...<br /> Before I touched it, it looked like this:<br /> https://www.jungledragon.com/image/153636/rough_sea_squirt_-_styela_clava.html<br /> <br /> Note that the valves are open in that photo. After I poked it, the valves closed tight. Geotagged,Rough Sea Squirt,Styela clava,Summer,United States,sea squirt,styela" /></a></figure> Geotagged,Styela clava,Summer,Tunicate,United States,ascidian tunicate,rough sea squirt,sea squirt,styela Click/tap to enlarge Species introCountry intro

Rough Sea Squirt - Styela clava

They ranged in length from about 4-8 cm, and felt tough and leathery.

Habitat: Attached to rocks in tide pools during low tide

Rough Sea Squirt - Styela clava *Note the bright pink thing in back of the sea squirt. I have no idea what that is.*<br /> <br /> They ranged in length from about 4-8 cm, and felt tough and leathery.<br /> <br /> Habitat: Attached to rocks in tide pools during low tide<br /> https://www.jungledragon.com/image/153636/rough_sea_squirt_-_styela_clava.html Geotagged,Styela,Styela clava,Summer,United States,sea squirt,tunicate

Rough Sea Squirt - Styela clava Not a good photo, but I wanted to share it because I thought it was interesting for the following reason...<br /> Before I touched it, it looked like this:<br /> https://www.jungledragon.com/image/153636/rough_sea_squirt_-_styela_clava.html<br /> <br /> Note that the valves are open in that photo. After I poked it, the valves closed tight. Geotagged,Rough Sea Squirt,Styela clava,Summer,United States,sea squirt,styela

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The Rough Sea Squirt

"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.

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Similar species: Stolidobranchia
Species identified by Christine Young
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By Christine Young

Attribution Non-Commercial
Uploaded Sep 8, 2023. Captured Sep 6, 2023 10:47 in PXJF+9G Harpswell, ME, USA.
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  • Canon EOS 90D
  • f/5.6
  • 1/664s
  • ISO640
  • 100mm
Captured in the summer. More summer photos.

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