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Family: Clavelinidae



(See list of species below)

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69 species (see list below)
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Clavelina amplexa
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Clavelina arafurensis
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Max. Length 5 cm TL
 
Clavelina auracea
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Clavelina australis
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Clavelina baudinensis
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Clavelina borealis
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Clavelina brasiliensis
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Clavelina breve
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Clavelina coerulea
[Blue-ring sea squirt]
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Clavelina concrescens
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Clavelina cyclus
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Clavelina cylindrica
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Clavelina dagysa
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Coudre, Christian

Northeast Atlantic and th

Clavelina dellavallei(Zirpoli, 1925)

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Clavelina dellavallei
[Blue ascidian]
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Clavelina dentatosiphonis
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Poppe, Guido and Philippe

Indo-West Pacific

Clavelina detorta(Sluiter, 1904)

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Clavelina detorta
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Clavelina diminuta
[White-spot ascidian]
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Clavelina elegans
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Clavelina enormis
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Clavelina fasciculata
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Clavelina fecunda
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Clavelina flava
[Multicolor tunicate]
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Clavelina gigantea
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Max. Length 50 cm COLD
 
Clavelina huntsmani
[Lightbulb tunicate]
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Clavelina kottae
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Telnes, Kåre

Eastern Atlantic and the

Clavelina lepadiformis(Müller, 1776)

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Clavelina lepadiformis
[Light-bulb ascidian]
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Clavelina maculata
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Clavelina meridionalis
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Clavelina michaelseni
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Clavelina miniata
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Clavelina minuta
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Clavelina mirabilis
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Clavelina moluccensis
[Blue sea squirt]

Coudre, Christian

Northeast Atlantic and th

Clavelina nanaLahille, 1890

Photo by Coudre, Christian
 
Clavelina nana
[Pin head squirt]
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Clavelina neapolitana
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Clavelina nigra
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Clavelina obesa
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Max. Length 2 cm TL
 
Clavelina oblonga
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Clavelina oliva
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Clavelina ostrearium
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Clavelina phlegraea
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Clavelina picta
[Busy sea squirt]
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Clavelina polycitorella
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Clavelina pseudobaudinensis
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Clavelina puertosecensis
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Clavelina robusta
[Cat eye]
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Clavelina roseola
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Clavelina sabbadini
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Clavelina steenbrasensis
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Clavelina viola
[Colonial purple tunicate]
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Euclavella claviformis
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Jan Messersmith

Indo-Pacific.

Nephtheis fascicularis(Drasche, 1882)

Photo by Jan Messersmith
 
Nephtheis fascicularis
[Lollipop tunicate]
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Nephtheis fascularis
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Pycnoclavella arenosa
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Pycnoclavella aurantia
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Pycnoclavella aurilucens
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Max. Length 0.0 cm TL
 
Pycnoclavella belizeana
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Pycnoclavella brava
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Pycnoclavella communis
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Max. Length 5 cm TL
 
Pycnoclavella detorta
[Tentacle sea squirt]
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Max. Length 1.5 cm TL
 
Pycnoclavella diminuta
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Pycnoclavella elongata
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Pycnoclavella kottae
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Pycnoclavella minuta
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Pycnoclavella nana
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Pycnoclavella neapolitana
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Max. Length 20 cm TL
 
Pycnoclavella stanleyi
[Social tunicate]
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Pycnoclavella tabella
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Pycnoclavella taureanina
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