Purple Octopus - using citizen science to discover marine interactions
This is the entity page showing aggregated messages and images for the named entity.


Ascidia obliqua

Alder, 1863


George Brown I need some help with this sea squirt please. Body about 40 mm across, half buried in shell sand/gravel. Corran Ferry, Loch Linnhe, 20 metres depth, Saturday 29th December 2012. The red between the siphons appears to be algal film.

Erling Svensen Could it be Ascidia obliqua?

Erling Svensen http://www.uwphoto.no/shopexd.asp?id=5000

Message posted on NE Atlantic Tunicata on 31 Dec 2012
Erling Svensen I have a new tunicate from todays dive. Norwegian fjord, 50 m dept, quite many of them. Here on on top of a Acesta excavata.

Erling Svensen This one must be Ascidia obliqua, folks.....

Message posted on NE Atlantic Tunicata on 13 Jun 2012
Taxonomy
Animalia (Kingdom)
  Chordata (Phylum)
    Tunicata (Subphylum)
      Ascidiacea (Class)
        Phlebobranchia (Order)
          Ascidiidae (Family)
            Ascidia (Genus)
              Ascidia obliqua (Species)
Associated Species