How deep does the Marine Prickly Pear live?

The Marine Prickly Pear (Polyzoa opuntia) is typically found at 0–320 m.

Marine Prickly Pear

Polyzoa opuntia

Group: Other
Typical depth: 0–320 m

A colonial sea squirt that grows in fleshy lobes on pebbles, wood, shells and rocks, from the shallows down past three hundred metres. Each lobe is a cluster of tiny animals that pump seawater through their bodies, straining out plankton.

Taxonomy: Animalia › Chordata › Ascidiacea › Stolidobranchia › Styelidae › Polyzoa

Species data via the World Register of Marine Species (WoRMS), AphiaID 173973.

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How deep does the Marine Prickly Pear live?: The Marine Prickly Pear (Polyzoa opuntia) is typically found at 0–320 m.