BIOTIC Species Information for Clavelina lepadiformis
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| Researched by | Karen Riley | Data supplied by | MarLIN |
| Refereed by | Dr Xavier Turon | ||
| Taxonomy | |||
| Scientific name | Clavelina lepadiformis | Common name | Light bulb sea squirt |
| MCS Code | ZD6 | Recent Synonyms | None |
| Phylum | Chordata | Subphylum | Tunicata |
| Superclass | Class | Ascidiacea | |
| Subclass | Order | Enterogona | |
| Suborder | Aplousobranchiata | Family | Clavelinidae |
| Genus | Clavelina | Species | lepadiformis |
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| Additional Information | The light bulb sea squirt attaches itself to rocks, stones and seaweed in the sublittoral, down to a depth of about 50 m. Individual zooids are small in spring growing to full size by about the end of May in Britain. | ||
| Taxonomy References | Howson & Picton, 1997, Knight-Jones & Ryland, 1995, Fish & Fish, 1996, Picton & Costello, 1998, | ||
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