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Tunicate (Botrylloides leachii) Jahir, Lembeh.<br />
This is how weird the shape of these tunicate colonies can get. And you can find them in the middle of a bare sandy bottom, just like that. Botrylloides leachii,Geotagged,Indonesia,Spring Click/tap to enlarge

Tunicate (Botrylloides leachii)

Jahir, Lembeh.
This is how weird the shape of these tunicate colonies can get. And you can find them in the middle of a bare sandy bottom, just like that.

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''Botrylloides leachii'' is a colonial tunicate of the genus ''Botrylloides''. Its unique methods of propagation and regeneration make it an ideal model organism for use in biological study of development, immunology, stem cells, and regeneration.

Similar species: Stolidobranchia
Species identified by Patomarazul
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Uploaded Jul 20, 2018. Captured May 15, 2018 05:25 in Unnamed Road, Kota Bitung, Sulawesi Utara, Indonesia.
  • TG-5
  • f/3.2
  • 1/125s
  • ISO160
  • 5.87mm