Florent's Guide To The

Eastern Pacific Reefs

Pyrosoma atlanticum
Pyrosoma atlanticum
Pyrosoma atlanticum
Category: Pelagic Tunicates
Scientific Name: Pyrosoma atlanticum
Size: Up to 2ft. (60 cm)  
Depth: 3-2500 ft. (1-762 m)
Distribution: Circumtropical
Chordata (Phylum)
└Tunicata (Subphylum)
 └Thaliacea (Class)
  └Pyrosomatidae (Family)
   └Pyrosoma (Genus)
    └P. atlanticum (Species)

Tunicates & Bryozoans
Pelagic Tunicates

Pyrosoma atlanticum

Salpa maxima

Salpa spp.



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