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Distaplia occidentalis
Class Ascidiacea +
Common name is Mushroom compound tunicate  +
Documentation requested false  +
Family Holozoidae +
Genus Distaplia +
Order Aplousobranchia +
Phylum Chordata +
Scientific name is Distaplia occidentalis  +
SpecificEpithet occidentalis  +
Summary 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.  +
Synonyms include Distaplia californica  +
TaxonRank species  +
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Categories Marine Invertebrate  + , Species  +
Modification dateThis property is a special property in this wiki. 25 July 2013 09:20:14  +
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