Matt Tank, Australien
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Pycnoclavella tabella sometimes forms colonies of very loosely distributed zooids, but sometimes also very compact, spherical colonies of hundreds of zooids that settle close together.
Some great photos can be found on the page
https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/798326-Pycnoclavella-tabella/browse_photos
can be admired.
The vast majority of reports come from Victoria and South Australia, WoRMS gives East Africa and Madagascar without a source, and photos from Malaysia and Raja Ampat come from Indonies.
The zooids have brown pigment in a crescent that crosses the dorsal midline ventral to the branchial siphon, and in spots, one dorsal and one ventral to the vestibular siphon.
The brown pigment in the body wall of the zooids is in addition to the brown globules in the abdominal test (see Kott, 1990a).
This colonial sea squirt species consists of small spherical zooids on fine stalks. Both the stipe and the body of the animals are translucent white, and the openings of the individual zooids are either sessile or on very short siphons.
We would like to thank Matt Tank, South Australia, for the permission to use his photos and would like to refer you to his wonderful homepage:
The Marine Life of South Australia
https://www.samarineguide.com.au/
Some great photos can be found on the page
https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/798326-Pycnoclavella-tabella/browse_photos
can be admired.
The vast majority of reports come from Victoria and South Australia, WoRMS gives East Africa and Madagascar without a source, and photos from Malaysia and Raja Ampat come from Indonies.
The zooids have brown pigment in a crescent that crosses the dorsal midline ventral to the branchial siphon, and in spots, one dorsal and one ventral to the vestibular siphon.
The brown pigment in the body wall of the zooids is in addition to the brown globules in the abdominal test (see Kott, 1990a).
This colonial sea squirt species consists of small spherical zooids on fine stalks. Both the stipe and the body of the animals are translucent white, and the openings of the individual zooids are either sessile or on very short siphons.
We would like to thank Matt Tank, South Australia, for the permission to use his photos and would like to refer you to his wonderful homepage:
The Marine Life of South Australia
https://www.samarineguide.com.au/
