Description
A large colonial ascidian found attached to rocks. Its smooth, slippery test comes in a variety of handsome colors ranging through pink, green, red and lavender. Along many parts of the Atlantic and Gulf coasts, beachcombers find these rubbery chunks of protoplasm cast upon the beach. They range from a few inches to chunks weighing 10 pounds, and produce good tadpole larvae in the spring.
HABITAT
They can range from the Woods Hole region to Florida.
DIET
Tunicates are filter feeders. They filter hundreds of gallons of water each day through their siphon and filter out small, planktonic particles
ANATOMY
