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Compound sea squirt

Ascidian

Compound sea squirt

Diplosoma listerianum (Milne Edwards, 1841)

WoRMS AphialID

103579

Sample IDs

Collected

Grand Manan NB, the Wolves NB, Western Islands NB, Back Bay NB, SCUBA-hand collection, scallop drag and hand collection on old weir pilings, seaweed, bedrock walls, decorator crab shell and floating docks, 1-15 m depth.

Distinguishing Features

• Form: grows in sheets or lobes, the colour is translucent and darkish grey, and the test is fragile with a gelatinous texture
• Siphons: conspicuous oral siphon
• Spicules: absent
• Atrial Languet: absent

Habitat

Geographic Range

Fun Fact

Barcode Distribution

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