Ascidians, Tunicates / Salps

Sea Tulip Ascidians (Pyura spinifera)
Sea Tulip Ascidians (Pyura spinifera) many group community crowded colourful colorful yellow purple magenta pink cyan bommy bommie multitude Various Invert |Sea Tulip Ascidians (Pyura spinifera)

Aolitary Ascidian (Herdmania momus) Detail of vent.
Aolitary Ascidian (Herdmania momus) Detail of vent. single one alone lonely isolated individual Ascidiacea spots spotted dot dots dotted spot speckled specks invertebrate |Aolitary Ascidian (Herdmania momus)

Giant Salp (Salpa maxima) Aggregate chain of pelagic salps.
Giant Salp (Salpa maxima) Aggregate chain of pelagic salps. Thaliacea Salpidae mass many group together same identical similar transparent translucent clear nebulous nebulos see-through tunicate tunicates salps invertebrate invertebrates join joined line lines colony colonial pelagic drift drifting drifter float floating drifted afloat adrift |Giant Salp (Salpa maxima)

Pelagic Tunicates (Cyclosalpa sp.) Six individuals forming a radial whorl. Photographed at night in open ocean several miles off shore.
Pelagic Tunicates (Cyclosalpa sp.) Six individuals forming a radial whorl. Photographed at night in open ocean several miles off shore. seawater sea water transparent saltwater pacific ocean unidentified unknown Big Island of Hawaii open black night translucent species Pelagic tunicates invertebrate gelatinous salpida dalpidae Various Invert |Pelagic Tunicates (Cyclosalpa sp.)

Predatory tunicate (Megalodicopia hians) Lives anchored along the deep sea canyon walls waiting for tiny animals to swim into its mouth.
Predatory tunicate (Megalodicopia hians) Lives anchored along the deep sea canyon walls waiting for tiny animals to swim into its mouth. deepsea deepwater vertical catcher straining filtering Various Invert |Predatory tunicate (Megalodicopia hians)

Ascidians and sponges.
Ascidians and sponges. cluster grouped mass covered Various Invert |Ascidians and sponges.

Brain Ascidian (Sycozoa cerebriformis)
Brain Ascidian (Sycozoa cerebriformis) two pair couple together duo paired partner partners twin partnership colour color colourful colorful vibrant vibrent vibrint yellow lemon white sessile chordata Various Invert |Brain Ascidian (Sycozoa cerebriformis)

Sponge Ascidian (Didemnum spongioides)
Sponge Ascidian (Didemnum spongioides) colour color colourful colorful vibrant vibrent vibrint yellow Various Invert |Sponge Ascidian (Didemnum spongioides)

Julinea Tunicate (Phallusia julinea)
Julinea Tunicate (Phallusia julinea) single one alone lonely isolated individual transparent translucent clear nebulous nebulos see-through yellow invertebrate ascidian ascidians |Julinea Tunicate (Phallusia julinea)

Sprinkled Salp (Salpa aspera) A pelagic or open ocean species belonging to the Tunicate group of animals which sifts ocean water for plankton.
Sprinkled Salp (Salpa aspera) A pelagic or open ocean species belonging to the Tunicate group of animals which sifts ocean water for plankton. Salpidae Bilateria Deuterostomia Chordonia Chordata Tunicata Tunicates Thaliacea Order: Salpida gelatinous single one alone lonely isolated individual soft delicate fragile breakable transparent translucent clear nebulous nebulos see-through jelly jellyfish sea jelly seajelly transparent translucent delicate fragile frail weak flimsy insubstantial soft float floating afloat clear see-through scyphozoa cnidaria cnidarians cnidarian ctenophore water transparent sting stinging ocean tentacles drift drifting drifter float floating drifted afloat adrift filter filtering sift sifting |Sprinkled Salp (Salpa aspera)

Giant Salp (Pegea confoederata). Pelagic tunicate or salp.
Giant Salp (Pegea confoederata). Pelagic tunicate or salp. Thaliacea Salpidae single one alone lonely isolated individual soft delicate fragile breakable drift drifting drifter float floating drifted afloat adrift transparent translucent clear nebulous nebulos see-through invertebrate strange unusual weird bizarre bizzare bizzarre ugly freak freaky |Giant Salp (Pegea confoederata)

Blue Ascidians (Clavelina molluccensis)
Blue Ascidians (Clavelina molluccensis) same group many mass tubes Various Invert |Blue Ascidians (Clavelina molluccensis)

Solitary Ascidian (Polycarpa aurata)
Solitary Ascidian (Polycarpa aurata) one single alone colourful colorful yellow blue Various Invert |Solitary Ascidian (Polycarpa aurata)

Magnificent Ascidian (Botrylloides magnicoecum)
Magnificent Ascidian (Botrylloides magnicoecum) schooling school mass many group together same identical similar colony vertebrate ascidians Various Invert |Magnificent Ascidian (Botrylloides magnicoecum)

Magnificent Ascidians (Botrylloides magnicoecum)
Magnificent Ascidians (Botrylloides magnicoecum) many group crowd community Various Invert |Magnificent Ascidians (Botrylloides magnicoecum)

Warty Ascidian (Cnemidocarpa verrucosa) in Antarctic waters.
Warty Ascidian (Cnemidocarpa verrucosa) in Antarctic waters. ball globe yellow bumps spikes vertical Various Invert |Warty Ascidian (Cnemidocarpa verrucosa)

Bulb Tunicates (Oxycorynia fascicularis)
Bulb Tunicates (Oxycorynia fascicularis) two pair couple together duo paired partner partners twin partnership mass many group together same identical similar colony tunicate ascidian ascidians |Bulb Tunicates (Oxycorynia fascicularis)

Tropical salp made up of a colony of transparent tunicates.
Tropical salp made up of a colony of transparent tunicates. floating sunlight ribbon Various Invert |Tropical salp made up of a colony of transparent tunicates.

Salp.
Salp transparent surface floating tube circular drifting Various Invert |Salp.

Golden Ascidian (Pycnoclavella aurantia)
Golden Ascidian (Pycnoclavella aurantia) clustered many mass group tunicates ascidians Various Invert |Golden Ascidian (Pycnoclavella aurantia)