From Natural History of Southeast Alaska
Class
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Ascidiacea +
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Common name is
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Mushroom compound tunicate +
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Documentation requested
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false +
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Family
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Holozoidae +
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Genus
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Distaplia +
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Order
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Aplousobranchia +
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Phylum
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Chordata +
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Scientific name is
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Distaplia occidentalis +
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SpecificEpithet
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occidentalis +
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Summary
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A pretty colonial tunicate. According to [ … A pretty colonial tunicate. According to [[Lambert_Sanamyan_2001|Lambert & Sanamyan 2001]], its color varies from lavender to dark purple, and is sometimes yellow, orange, or tan. One species to keep an eye out for is ''[[Distaplia alaskensis]]'', described from Prince William Sound in 2001. Where a colony of ''D. occidentalis'' is shaped like a mushroom, a typical colony of ''D. alaskensis'' is shaped like a cone. On a microscopic level, ''D. occidentalis'' has fewer than 20 stigmata per half-row, whereas ''D. alaskensis'' has more than 20 stigmata per half-row [of pharyngeal wall] (again, from Lambert & Sanamyan 2001). This species is also reported to form encrusting colonies. It does not become encrusted with sand.s. It does not become encrusted with sand. +
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Synonyms include
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Distaplia californica +
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TaxonRank
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species +
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Distaplia occidentalis +
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Marine Invertebrate +
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Modification dateThis property is a special property in this wiki.
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25 July 2013 09:20:14 +
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Distaplia occidentalis +
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