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Black Overgrowing Tunicate

Aspect: Black mass of tunicates with pinhole-sized incurrent siphons embedded in a common tunic. Individual excurrents flow out to common chambers with large white rimmed openings
Population: Occasional.
Notable feature: .
Environment: Often found on long immersed mooring lines.
Behaviour: .
  • French designation: Ascidie Noire
  • Latin designation: Didemnum vanderhorsti
  • Creole designation: -
  • Latin family: Ascidiacea
  • Size (cm): 12