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Boltenia villosa
Boltenia villosa
Spiny-headed Tunicate 		Photographer: Lovell and Libby Langstroth
Organization: California Academy of Sciences
Collection: CalAcademy

ID: 0000 0000 0405 1956 (2005-04-27)

Copyright © 2005 California Academy of Sciences

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  • date of photo  Jul 1983
  • location  Carmel Bay (Monterey County, California, US)
  • family Pyuridae
  • order Pleurogona
  • class Ascidiacea
  • habitat  Subtidal
  • notes   These solitary tunicates characteristically are borne on a slender stalk of about 3 cm and armed with spicules. Fertilization of these hermaphrodites is external. Depth 13 m.
  • camera   Nikon in Oceanic housing
  • photo category: Animal - Invertebrate-Other

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  • common names   Spiny-headed Tunicate (photographer)
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