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Styela montereyensis (Dall, 1872)
Styela montereyensis is a long stalked tunicate,yellow to dark red brown in colour.It is a solitary tunicate, growing often in loose groups.Tunicates are suspensions feeders that use their siphons to tilter food particle from the water column.
Synonyme:
Clavellinopsis rubra
Cynthia montereyensis
Styela rubra
Tethyum montereyense
Tethyum montereyensis
Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Chordata (Phylum) > Tunicata (Subphylum) > Ascidiacea (Class) > rStolidobranchia (Order) > Styelidae (Family) > Styela (Genus) > Styela montereyensis (Species)
Styela montereyensis is a long stalked tunicate,yellow to dark red brown in colour.It is a solitary tunicate, growing often in loose groups.Tunicates are suspensions feeders that use their siphons to tilter food particle from the water column.
Synonyme:
Clavellinopsis rubra
Cynthia montereyensis
Styela rubra
Tethyum montereyense
Tethyum montereyensis
Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Chordata (Phylum) > Tunicata (Subphylum) > Ascidiacea (Class) > rStolidobranchia (Order) > Styelidae (Family) > Styela (Genus) > Styela montereyensis (Species)