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Category: Tunicates
Depth: 20-100 ft. (6-30 m)
Distribution: Indo-West Pacific

Small colonial tunicate usually yellow, sometimes white or pale blue. Zooids in dense clusters with short stalks. Each zooid member of the colony reaches about 0.5mm -1 cm.
Grows on dead coral, reef walls, underneath overhangs and in holes.
Prefers current-rich areas.

Similar species: Phlebobranchia
Species identified by Patomarazul
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By Patomarazul

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Uploaded Jul 5, 2020. Captured Oct 30, 2019 04:00 in Indonesia.
  • TG-5
  • f/4.5
  • 1/200s
  • ISO100
  • 8.99mm