Florent's Guide To The

Tropical Pacific Reefs

Ink-Spot Sea Squirt
Polycarpa aurata
Ink-Spot Sea Squirt
Also known as: Gold-Mouth Sea Squirt, Golden Sea Squirt
Category: Tunicates
Scientific Name: Polycarpa aurata
Size: Up to 4 in. (10 cm)  
Depth: 10-60 ft. (3-18 m)
Distribution: Indo-Pacific
Chordata (Phylum)
└Tunicata (Subphylum)
 └Ascidiacea (Class)
  └Styelidae (Family)
   └Polycarpa (Genus)

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