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Polycarpa aurata
This tunicate grows to a height of 5 to 15 cm (2 to 6 in). It has an urn-shaped, hollow body with two siphons, one at the top and the other on the side. The body colour of this tunicate is white with purple and orange patches and purple lines. The inside is yellow or orange and this is visible round the rim of the siphons.
Lankayan Island, Borneo.
Spotted on Sep 29, 2015
Submitted on Apr 2, 2016
7 Comments
Thanks :-)
Qué increíble. Congratulations.
I know now...all we got to see as students were the ones preserved in Formalin...I still haven't seen a living one...the nearest I have been are to the pics on PN. Thanks, Marta.
No, definitely not boring! they exist in many colors and sizes, in colonies or solitary. Very pretty not so well known animals :-)
I always sort of thought that ascidians were boring to look at...so happy to be wrong!
Wow!
Fantastic picture!!