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A non-native Club Tunicate (Styela clava) has attached to a rock wall in Rhode Island. on it's surface and highlighted here are tiny hydroids. The Club tunicate is a solitary tunicate from the Western Pacific. It is one of the worst invasive species, but D. vex has proven to be worse. This image was made before the invasive Didemnum vexillum took over our underwater world. Other common names for this club tunicate are: stalked sea squirt not to be confused with another native), solitary sea squirt, leathery sea squirt, Pacific rough sea squirt, and Asian sea squirt. The brown body is distinctly bumpy, wrinkled and leathery. It has a stem-like stalk about 1/4 of its total height, which can reach just over 5 inches. They reproduce by broadcast spawning. Even though they are a singular animal, they may populate large surface areas which they find suitable, such as docks. In Canada, the Stalked Tunicate (Styela montereyensis) has been found as well. It can be confused with the Clubbed Tunicate. The Stalked tunicate has a longitudinal pattern of grooves and one noticeably bent or recurved siphon.

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Sea Squirts, Tunicates
A non-native Club Tunicate (Styela clava) has attached to a rock wall in Rhode Island. on it's surface and highlighted here are tiny hydroids. The Club tunicate is a solitary tunicate from the Western Pacific. It is one of the worst invasive species, but D. vex has proven to be worse. This image was made before the invasive Didemnum vexillum took over our underwater world. Other common names for this club tunicate are: stalked sea squirt not to be confused with another native), solitary sea squirt, leathery sea squirt, Pacific rough sea squirt, and Asian sea squirt. The brown body is distinctly bumpy, wrinkled and leathery. It has a stem-like stalk about 1/4 of its total height, which can reach just over 5 inches. They reproduce by broadcast spawning. Even though they are a singular animal, they may populate large surface areas which they find suitable, such as docks. In Canada, the Stalked Tunicate (Styela montereyensis) has been found as well. It can be confused with the Clubbed Tunicate. The Stalked tunicate has a longitudinal pattern of grooves and one noticeably bent or recurved siphon.
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