From Natural History of Southeast Alaska
| Best found at
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ANB harbor +
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| Class
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Ascidiacea +
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| Common name is
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Leathery Tunicate +
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| Documentation requested
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false +
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| Family
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Styelidae +
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| Found at
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Jamestown Bay +
, Cove Marina +
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| Genus
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Styela +
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| Order
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Stolidobranchia +
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| Origination status is
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Native +
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| Phylum
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Chordata +
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| Scientific name is
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Styela coriacea +
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| SpecificEpithet
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coriacea +
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| Summary
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looks a bit like [[Boltenia villosa|Spiny- … looks a bit like [[Boltenia villosa|Spiny-headed tunicate (''Boltenia villosa'')]], but without any hint of a stalk, like [[Halocynthia igaboja|Sea Hedgehog (''Halocynthia igaboja'')]] without being truly hairy, like [[Pyura haustor|Warty tunicate (''Pyura haustor'')]] except for the long siphons, and like [[Styela truncata|Cone tunicate (''Styela truncata'')]] without the tapering top and warty or ridged appearance.
Doyne Kessler's book on "Alaska's Saltwater Fishes and Other Sea Life" may lead some naturalists to identify this species as ''Styela rustica''. In our region, this refers to ''Styela rustica macrenteron'', now accepted as ''Styela macrenteron'', an apparently more northern subtidal species which can be distinguished by the greater average size, lack of branched spines, and presence of an apical spine.d spines, and presence of an apical spine. +
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| TaxonRank
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species +
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Styela coriacea +
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| Categories |
Marine Invertebrate +
, Species +
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| Modification dateThis property is a special property in this wiki.
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25 July 2013 09:59:57 +
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| Has subobjectThis property is a special property in this wiki.
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Styela coriacea +
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