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Styela montereyensis (Stalked sea squirt)

Synonyms: Clavellinopsis rubra; Cynthia montereyensis; Styela rubra; Tethyum montereyense; Tethyum montereyensis

Wikipedia Abstract

Styela montereyensis, also called the Stalked Tunicate, Monterey stalked tunicate, and the Long-stalked sea squirt is a solitary ascidian tunicate. It has a cylindrical, yellow to dark reddish-brown body and a thin trunk that anchors it to rocks. It is found in subtidal areas of the western coast of North America from Vancouver Island to Baja, California.
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♦ 1Jorrit H. Poelen, James D. Simons and Chris J. Mungall. (2014). Global Biotic Interactions: An open infrastructure to share and analyze species-interaction datasets. Ecological Informatics.
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Species taxanomy provided by GBIF Secretariat (2022). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2023-06-13; License: CC BY 4.0