Aplidium altarium [Aplidium altarium]
Description
Aplidium altarium is a colonial ascidian that divers often encounter as a small, attached growth on hard surfaces. Its colony form can appear as a compact sheet or irregular patch, and up close it reveals a network of small openings where the living zooids extend and feed.
Where To See Aplidium altarium
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Taxonomy
| Phylum |
Fish, Sharks & Rays (plus Sea Turtles & Whales)
Chordata
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|---|---|
| Class |
Sea Squirts
Ascidiacea
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| Order |
Aplousobranch Tunicates (Simple Colonial Sea Squirts)
Aplousobranchia
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| Family |
Colonial Tunicates
Polyclinidae
|
| Genus |
Sea Pork
Aplidium
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