Tunicates

Lissoclinum abdominale

• Group: Other
• Typical depth: 1–16 m

A colonial sea squirt that spreads in thin sheets across reef surfaces and the underside of ledges, it lives in shallow water close beneath the surface. Each tiny member filters plankton from the seawater passing through.

Taxonomy: Animalia › Chordata › Ascidiacea › Aplousobranchia › Didemnidae › Lissoclinum

Species data via the World Register of Marine Species (WoRMS), AphiaID 250775.