Sea Vase

Ciona savignyi
 

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Note:  Ciona savignyi is an INVASIVE SPECIES and needs to be reported.  If you happen to spot it on your dives in Puget Sound or Hood Canal, call 1-800-54-SOUND, or go to the Puget Sound Action Team Website.  Another Resource:  PNWScuba Invasive Tunicate Page

While this tunicate is invasive, there is a native tunicate that looks very similar:  Corella wilmeriana

 

Redondo, June 11th, 2006.

Redondo, June 11th, 2006.  Night Dive.

Redondo, June 11th, 2006.

Redondo, June 11th, 2006.  Night Dive.

 

 

 

 

Redondo, June 21st, 2006.  Night Dive.

Sund Rock, October 25th, 2006

Sund Rock, October 25th, 2006

Sund Rock, October 25th, 2006

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Sund Rock, October 25th, 2006

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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