Aplidium colini [Aplidium colini]
Description
Divers may encounter Aplidium colini as a low, attached tunicate growing on rocks or other firm structures. Its appearance can be understated—often a thin encrustation with a textured look that becomes more obvious when you get close. Watching it during a dive highlights how many filter-feeding invertebrates quietly populate the reef with dense, living detail.
Where To See Aplidium colini
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Taxonomy
| Phylum |
Fish, Sharks & Rays (plus Sea Turtles & Whales)
Chordata
|
|---|---|
| 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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