Species under Clavelina
n= 48
Species name Common name Distribution Max. Length (cm)
Clavelina amplexa
Kott, 2002
Western Central Pacific
Clavelina arafurensis
Tokioka, 1952
Indo-West Pacific
Clavelina auracea
Monniot, 1997
Western Indian Ocean 5
Clavelina australis
(Herdman, 1899)
Indo-West Pacific
Clavelina baudinensis
Kott, 1957
Indo-West Pacific
Clavelina borealis
(Savigny, 1816)
Northeast Atlantic
Clavelina brasiliensis
(Millar, 1977)
Southwest Atlantic
Clavelina breve
Tokioka, 1952
Western Indian Ocean
Clavelina coerulea
Oka, 1934
Blue-ring sea squirt Northwest Pacific
Clavelina concrescens
Hartmeyer, 1924
Northwest Atlantic and the Arctic
Clavelina cyclus
Tokioka & Nishikawa, 1975
Western Central Pacific
Clavelina cylindrica
(Quoy & Gaimard, 1834)
Indo-West Pacific
Clavelina dagysa
(Kott, 1957)
Eastern Indian Ocean
Clavelina dellavallei
(Zirpoli, 1925)
Blue ascidian Northeast Atlantic and the Mediterranean
Clavelina dentatosiphonis
Millar, 1975
Western Central Pacific
Clavelina detorta
(Sluiter, 1904)
Indo-West Pacific
Clavelina diminuta
Kott, 1957
White-spot ascidian Australia
Clavelina enormis
Herdman, 1880
Indo-Pacific
Clavelina fasciculata
Van Name, 1945
Pacific Ocean
Clavelina fecunda
(Sluiter, 1904)
Indo-West Pacific
Clavelina flava
Monniot, 1988
Multicolor tunicate Western Central Pacific
Clavelina gigantea
Van Name, 1921
Western Central Atlantic
Clavelina huntsmani
Van Name, 1931
Lightbulb tunicate Eastern Pacific 50
Clavelina kottae
(Millar, 1960)
Southwest Pacific
Clavelina lepadiformis
(Müller, 1776)
Light-bulb ascidian Eastern Atlantic and the Mediterranean
Clavelina maculata
Monniot, & Monniot, 2001
Western Central Pacific
Clavelina meridionalis
(Herdman, 1891)
Indo-West Pacific and the Antarctic
Clavelina michaelseni
Millar, 1982
Southwest Pacific
Clavelina miniata
Watanabe & Tokioka, 1973
Northwest Pacific
Clavelina minuta
Tokioka, 1963
Northwest Pacific
Clavelina mirabilis
Kott, 1972
Eastern Indian Ocean
Clavelina moluccensis
(Sluiter, 1904)
Blue sea squirt Indo-West Pacific
Clavelina nana
Lahille, 1890
Pin head squirt Northeast Atlantic and the Mediterranean
Clavelina neapolitana
unspecified
Mediterranean
Clavelina nigra
Kott, 1990
Eastern Indian Ocean
Clavelina obesa
Nishikawa & Tokioka, 1976
Western Pacific
Clavelina oblonga
Herdman, 1880
Atlantic Ocean 2
Clavelina oliva
Kott, 1990
Indo-West Pacific
Clavelina ostrearium
(Michaelsen, 1930)
Eastern Indian Ocean
Clavelina phlegraea
Salfi, 1929
Northeast Atlantic and the Mediterranean
Clavelina picta
(Verrill, 1900)
Busy sea squirt Western Atlantic
Clavelina polycitorella
(Tokioka, 1954)
Northwest Pacific
Clavelina pseudobaudinensis
(Kott, 1976)
Indo-West Pacific
Clavelina puertosecensis
Millar & Goodbody, 1974
Western Atlantic
Clavelina robusta
Kott, 1990
Cat eye Indo-West Pacific
Clavelina roseola
Millar, 1955
South Africa
Clavelina sabbadini
Brunetti, 1987
Northeast Atlantic and the Mediterranean Sea
Clavelina steenbrasensis
Millar, 1955
Southeast Atlantic
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