Florent's Guide To The

Tropical Reefs

Button Tunicate
Distaplia corolla
Button Tunicate
Category: Tunicates
Scientific Name: Distaplia corolla
Size: 0.25 in (0.5 cm)  
Depth: 25-75 ft. (8-23 m)
Distribution: Caribbean, Bahamas, Florida
Chordata (Phylum)
└Tunicata (Subphylum)
 └Ascidiacea (Class)
  └Holozoidae (Family)
   └Distaplia (Genus)

Tunicates & Bryozoans
Tunicates

Button Tunicate

Mangrove Tunicate

Perophora modificata

Blue Bell Sea Squirt

Black Condominium Tunicate

White Condominium Tunicate

Strawberry Tunicate

Ivory Tunicate

Ink-Spot Sea Squirt

Polycarpa pigmentata

Giant Tunicate

Encrusting Social Tunicate

Green Tube Tunicate

Yellow Sea Squirt

Blue Sea Squirt

Painted Tunicate

Blue Bell Tunicate

Clavelina robusta

Stalked Sea Squirt

Reef Tunicate

Blue Club Tunicate

Blue Ascidian

Rhopalaea fusca

Atriolum robustum

Didemnum Strawberry Tunicate

White Speck Tunicate

Didemnum molle

Overgrowing Mat Tunicates

Overgrowing Tunicates



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