Clavelina huntsmani; Light-bulb Tunicate

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Clavelina huntsmani; Light-bulb Tunicate

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Clavelina huntsmani
Light-bulb Tunicate

Photographer: Lovell and Libby Langstroth
Organization: California Academy of Sciences
Collection: CalAcademy

ID: 0000 0000 0405 0795 (2005-04-17)

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date of photo Jul 1979

latitude 36.81856 longitude -121.79270 max error distance 26012 meters View on Google Maps.

horizontal datum World Geodetic System 1984

georeferencing source GeoLocate

location Monterey Bay (Monterey County, California, US)

family Clavelinidae

order Enterogona

class Ascidiacea

habitat Subtidal

notes This actually is a colonial filter feeding animal, though the individuals are borne in separate tubes of tunic. The 'filaments' of the light-bulbs form a groove in the wall of the pharynx, the endostyle. Here iodine is extracted from sea water to form a compound akin to thyroxin. Larvae are brooded at the base of each light-bulb.

camera Nikon in Oceanic housing

photo category: Animal - Invertebrate-Other

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common names Light-bulb Tunicate (photographer)

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