Florent's Guide To The

Tropical Pacific Reefs

Blue Ascidian
Rhopalaea sp. 1
Blue Ascidian
Category: Tunicates
Scientific Name: Rhopalaea sp. 1
Size: Up to 2 in. (5 cm)  
Distribution: Indo-West Pacific
Undescribed species
Chordata (Phylum)
└Tunicata (Subphylum)
 └Ascidiacea (Class)
  └Aplousobranchia (Order)
   └Diazonidae (Family)
    └Rhopalaea (Genus)
     └R. sp. 1 (Species)

Tunicates & Bryozoans
Tunicates

Blue Ascidian

Atriolum robustum

Didemnum Strawberry Tunicate

Didemnum molle

White Condominium Tunicate

Ivory Tunicate

Green Tube Tunicate

Yellow Sea Squirt

Perophora modificata

Blue Bell Sea Squirt

Ink-Spot Sea Squirt

Polycarpa pigmentata

Blue Sea Squirt

Clavelina robusta

Stalked Sea Squirt

Blue Club Tunicate

Rhopalaea crassa

Rhopalaea fusca



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