Mangrove tunicate

Ecteinascidia turbinata / Eudistoma olivaceum

Growing in large clusters, these orange (sometimes yellow or pink) tunicate s find mangrove roots to be the perfect habitate. it's hard to tell but the bodies are semi- transparent, but the sediment cloaks their bodies. Notice that the siphons are both located at the top next to each other.

 
Mangrove tunicate
Mangrove tunicate
Mangrove tunicate
Mangrove tunicate
Mangrove tunicate
Mangrove tunicate
Mangrove tunicate
						
 - Ecteinascidia turbinata
Mangrove tunicate
						
 - Eudistoma olivaceum
Mangrove tunicate
						
 - Eudistoma olivaceum
Mangrove tunicate
						
 - Eudistoma olivaceum
Mangrove tunicate
						
 - Eudistoma olivaceum
Mangrove tunicate
						
 - Eudistoma olivaceum
Mangrove tunicate
						
 - Eudistoma olivaceum
Mangrove tunicate
						
 - Eudistoma olivaceum
Mangrove tunicate
						
 - Eudistoma olivaceum
Mangrove tunicate
						
 - Eudistoma olivaceum 
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