Tunicate

Doliolum denticulatum

• Group: Other
• Typical depth: 0–3259 m

A small barrel shaped tunicate that drifts as plankton in warm tropical and subtropical seas. It pumps water through its transparent body to strain out food and can reproduce explosively, spreading through the open ocean over a wide depth range.

Taxonomy: Animalia › Chordata › Thaliacea › Doliolida › Doliolidae › Doliolum

Species data via the World Register of Marine Species (WoRMS), AphiaID 137246.