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Created 12/21/2022

Family Holozoidae

HAWAII

Distaplia spp.

Moku o Loe, Kaneohe Bay, Oahu, 5 feet

 

  
 
   

SPOKED WHEEL TUNICATE

Fouling species found in harbors.  Compound species containing several large zooids with pores resembling a spoked wheel.  Likely introduced to Hawaii via shipping.