Image by Adam Harding, West Race Rocks July 2010
Domain Eukarya
Kingdom Animalia
Phylum Chordata
Subphylum Urochordata
Class Ascidiaceae
Order Enterogona
Suborder Aplousobranchia
Family Clavelinidae
Genus Pycnoclavella
Species stanleyi
Common Name: Yellow social ascidian
Pycnoclavella and the nudibranch Flabellina verrucosa
Close up of the tunicate,image by Ryan Murphy
Other Members of the Subphylum Urochordata underwater at Race Rocks < |
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The Race Rocks taxonomy is a collaborative venture originally started with the Biology and Environmental Systems students of Lester Pearson College UWC. It now also has contributions added by Faculty, Staff, Volunteers and Observers on the remote control webcams. |