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Chain Tunicate

Botrylloides violaceus

6,462 observations in the source records

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28 photos

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What the records say

Easily confused with

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Where it is recorded

Records by month in Washington.January 34, February 30, March 34, April 45, May 56, June 43, July 35, August 34, September 35, October 31, November 27, December 31.
United States2,744
Canada2,163
Washington981
California864
Nova Scotia737
Maine592
British Columbia547
Quebec437
Alaska422
Massachusetts348

Counts show where people looked, not only where it lives.

Classification

KingdomAnimals · Animalia
PhylumChordates · Chordata
ClassSea Squirts · Ascidiacea
OrderStolidobranchia
FamilyStyelidae
GenusBotrylloides

Sources

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