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Family: Clavelinidae



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70 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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Photo by 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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Photo by 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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Photo by 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]

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Northeast Atlantic and th

Clavelina nana Lahille, 1890

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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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Photo by Jan Messersmith

Indo-Pacific.

Nephtheis fascicularis (Drasche, 1882)

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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 taureanensis
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Pycnoclavella taureanina
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Scientific Name English Name Distribution Max. Length (cm) Year
Clavelina amplexa Western Central Pacific 2002
Clavelina arafurensis Indo-West Pacific. 1952
Clavelina auracea Western Indian Ocean 5 TL 1997
Clavelina australis Indo-West Pacific 1899
Clavelina baudinensis Indo-West Pacific 1957
Clavelina borealis Northeast Atlantic 1816
Clavelina brasiliensis Southwest Atlantic 1977
Clavelina breve Western Indian Ocean 1952
Clavelina coerulea Blue-ring sea squirt Northwest Pacific 1934
Clavelina concrescens Northwest Atlantic and th 1924
Clavelina cyclus Western Central Pacific 1975
Clavelina cylindrica Indo-West Pacific 1834
Clavelina dagysa Eastern Indian Ocean 1957
Clavelina dellavallei Blue ascidian Northeast Atlantic and th 1925
Clavelina dentatosiphonis Western Central Pacific 1975
Clavelina detorta Indo-West Pacific 1904
Clavelina diminuta White-spot ascidian Australia. 1957
Clavelina elegans Australia. 1927
Clavelina enormis Indo-Pacific. 1880
Clavelina fasciculata Pacific Ocean 1945
Clavelina fecunda Indo-West Pacific. 1904
Clavelina flava Multicolor tunicate Western Central Pacific 1988
Clavelina gigantea Western Central Atlantic. 1921
Clavelina huntsmani Lightbulb tunicate Eastern Pacific 50 COLD 1931
Clavelina kottae Southwest Pacific 1960
Clavelina lepadiformis Light-bulb ascidian Eastern Atlantic and the 1776
Clavelina maculata Western Central Pacific 2001
Clavelina meridionalis Indo-West Pacific and the 1891
Clavelina michaelseni Southwest Pacific 1982
Clavelina miniata Northwest Pacific. 1973
Clavelina minuta Northwest Pacific 1963
Clavelina mirabilis Eastern Indian Ocean 1972
Clavelina moluccensis Blue sea squirt Indo-West Pacific. 1904
Clavelina nana Pin head squirt Northeast Atlantic and th 1890
Clavelina neapolitana Mediterranean.
Clavelina nigra Eastern Indian Ocean 1990
Clavelina obesa Western Pacific. 1976
Clavelina oblonga Atlantic Ocean 2 TL 1880
Clavelina oliva Indo-West Pacific 1990
Clavelina ostrearium Eastern Indian Ocean 1930
Clavelina phlegraea Northeast Atlantic and th 1929
Clavelina picta Busy sea squirt Western Atlantic. 1900
Clavelina polycitorella Northwest Pacific 1954
Clavelina pseudobaudinensis Indo-West Pacific 1976
Clavelina puertosecensis Western Atlantic. 1974
Clavelina robusta Cat eye Indo-West Pacific. 1990
Clavelina roseola South Africa. 1955
Clavelina sabbadini Northeast Atlantic and th 1987
Clavelina steenbrasensis Southeast Atlantic 1955
Clavelina viola Colonial purple tunicate Southeast Atlantic 1976
Euclavella claviformis Southwest Pacific 1899
Nephtheis fascicularis Lollipop tunicate Indo-Pacific. 1882
Nephtheis fascularis Indo-Pacific. 1882
Pycnoclavella arenosa Eastern Indian Ocean 1972
Pycnoclavella aurantia Eastern Indian Ocean 1990
Pycnoclavella aurilucens Atlantic and the Mediterr 1891
Pycnoclavella belizeana Western Central Atlantic 0.0 TL 1996
Pycnoclavella brava Mediterranean Sea. 2007
Pycnoclavella communis Atlantic and the Mediterr 2007
Pycnoclavella detorta Tentacle sea squirt Indo-West Pacific 5 TL 1904
Pycnoclavella diminuta Indo-West Pacific. 1.5 TL 1957
Pycnoclavella elongata Eastern Indian Ocean 1990
Pycnoclavella kottae Southwest Pacific 1960
Pycnoclavella minuta Western Central Pacific 1953
Pycnoclavella nana Mediterranean Sea. 1890
Pycnoclavella neapolitana Northeast Atlantic and th 1904
Pycnoclavella stanleyi Social tunicate Eastern Pacific 20 TL 1949
Pycnoclavella tabella Eastern Indian Ocean 1990
Pycnoclavella taureanensis Eastern Indian Ocean 1991
Pycnoclavella taureanina Eastern Indian Ocean 1991



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