Green Barrel Sea Squirt - Didemnum molle

The Green Barrel Sea Squirt - Didemnum molle is fairly common Colonial Tunicate in Philippines, varying in size from from 1 cm to 15 cm in size.

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Ferdy Christant

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To me, some of the most beautiful surprises of the sea. Posted 8 years ago
1. Albert Kang
  
  Lion
  
  I noticed that, Ferdy ;)
  
  There are many variety of Tunicates and Sea Sponges, often over look. Also its not easy to get the exact IDs of them most of the time.
  
  More people are taking closer look of them now because they are looking for Tiny Shrimps and Amphipods living inside them. I am still 'struggling' to get decent pictures of those Amphipods :(
  
  There are some people who takes close-up pictures of the 'inside' of this Green Barrel Squirt in an artistic way for the 'forms' inside it, looking like a forest scenery. Posted 8 years ago
2. 1. Ferdy Christant
    
    Lion
    
    That's awesome, thanks for sharing :) Posted 8 years ago

The Didemnum molle

''Didemnum molle'' is a species of colonial tunicate in the family Didemnidae. It is commonly known as the tall urn ascidian, the green barrel sea squirt or the green reef sea-squirt. It is native to the Red Sea and the tropical waters of the Indo-Pacific region.

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Similar species: Simple Sea Squirts

Species identified by Albert Kang