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Roatan Reef Guide

Tunicates

Green Tube Tunicate (Ascidia sydneiensis)

Green Tube Tunicate

Giant Tunicate (Polycarpa spongiabilis)

Giant Tunicate

Overgrowing Tunicate (Family: Didemnidae)

Overgrowing Tunicate

Black Condominium Tunicate (Eudistoma obscuratum)

Black Condominium Tunicate

Button Tunicates (Distaplia corolla)

Button Tunicates

Black Tunicate (Phallusia nigra)

Black Tunicate

Overgrowing Mat Tunicate (Trididemnum solidum)

Overgrowing Mat Tunicate

Globular Encrusting Tunicate (Diplosoma glandulosum)

Globular Encrusting Tunicate

White Speck Tunicate (Didemnum conchyliatum)

White Speck Tunicate

Painted Tunicate (Clavelina picta)

Painted Tunicate

Black Overgrowing Tunicate (Didemnum vanderhorsti)

Black Overgrowing Tunicate

Honeysuckle Tunicate (Perophora viridis)

Honeysuckle Tunicate

Encrusting Social Tunicate (Symplegma viride)

Encrusting Social Tunicate

Reef Tunicate

Bulb Tunicate (Clavelina spp.)

Bulb Tunicate

Planktonic Tunicate (Salpa sp.)

Planktonic Tunicate

Mottled Encrusting Tunicate (Distaplia bermudensis)

Mottled Encrusting Tunicate

Strawberry Tunicate (Eudistoma sp.)

Strawberry Tunicate

Black Overgrowing Tunicate (Didemnum vanderhorsti)

Black Overgrowing Tunicate

Oblong Tunicate (Clavelina oblonga)

Oblong Tunicate

Mottled Social Tunicate (Polycarpa tumida)

Mottled Social Tunicate

Sea Squirt Tunicate (Corella minuta)

Sea Squirt Tunicate

Row Encrusting Tunicate (Botrylloides spp.)

Row Encrusting Tunicate

Bluebell Tunicate (Clavelina puertosecensis)

Bluebell Tunicate

Atlantic Pyrosome (Pyrosoma atlanticum)

Atlantic Pyrosome

Flat Tunicate (Botrylloides niger)

Flat Tunicate

Mangrove Tunicate (Ecteinascidia turbinata)

Mangrove Tunicate

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