Rhopalaea crassa | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Subphylum: | Tunicata |
Class: | Ascidiacea |
Order: | Aplousobranchia |
Family: | Diazonidae |
Genus: | Rhopalaea |
Species: | R. crassa
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Binomial name | |
Rhopalaea crassa (
Herdman, 1880)
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Synonyms [1] | |
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Rhopalaea crassa, is a species of tunicate in the family Diazonidae. [1] [2] Despite, popular online sources, this species is yellow or rarely white. The cobalt blue species often called "Rhopalaea crassa" in error is actually Rhopalaea fusca. A different, undescribed Rhopalaea species with neon-colored networking has also often had this name erroneously attributed to it.