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What
do they look like?
| Color: |
Reddish-brown to tan. |
| Growth: |
Grows in solitary stalks. Reproduces rapidly,
forming dense communities, especially in warmer
months |
| Size: |
Up to 8 inches |
| Habitat: |
Prefers artificial or disturbed underwater
surfaces in protected bays and inlets with
good water flow. |
    
Photo by Simon Geerlofs
   
Styela
clava on buoys and mussel lines - Prince Edward
Island. Photo by PEI Fisheries, Aquaculture
& Environment
    
Tunicates found at Port Townsend boatyard facility.
/ Larry Crockett
    
Tunicates found at Port Townsend boatyard facility.
/ Larry Crockett
    
Styela clava covered with teeny little caprellids feeding on detritus on the
tunic of the Styela. Photo by Janna Nichols
     
A sailboat propeller in Pleasant Harbor marina
is packed solid with Styela clava tunicates.
Photo by Georgia
Arrow.
    
Photo
by Simon Geerlofs
    
Photo by Ashley Coutts, Cawphron
Group, New Zealand for Biosecurity New Zealand.
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