Hawai'i Coral Reef Network

Marine Invertebrates of Hawai'i

PHYLUM CHORDATA - tunicates

tunicate

Tunicates (sea squirts)

Description: encrusting or vase-shaped encrusting masses covered with small pores; tunicates have a smooth feel; often brightly colored.

Habitat: on hard substrates.

 


Last update: 1/25/2005