Tunicates

Polycarpa contecta

• Group: Other
• Typical depth: 2–36 m

A sea squirt that fixes itself to the bottom in shallow water down to about 36 metres. It lives by filtering, pumping seawater through its body and straining out the small particles it feeds on.

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

Species data via the World Register of Marine Species (WoRMS), AphiaID 251010.