Clavelina moluccensis | |
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A colony of Clavelina molluccensis, showing the characteristic row of three blue dots between the siphons | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Subphylum: | Tunicata |
Class: | Ascidiacea |
Order: | Aplousobranchia |
Family: | Clavelinidae |
Genus: | Clavelina |
Species: | C. moluccensis
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Binomial name | |
Clavelina moluccensis (Sluiter, 1904)[1]
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Synonyms | |
Clavelina molluccensis (Sluiter, 1904) (misspelling in literature) |
Clavelina moluccensis, common name bluebell tunicate, blue bell tunicate, or blue sea squirt [2] is a species of tunicate (sea squirt), in the genus Clavelina (the "little bottles"). Like all ascidians, these sessile animals are filter feeders.