ascidians photo index
Phylum Chordata | Subphylum Tunicata/Urochordata | Class Ascidiacea
Ascidians on Singapore shores
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ecp
tm
prp
chg
ubn
cj
skd
bb
tus
lab
snt
cyr
kus
laz
sji
sis
jng
tkr
hnt
tpg
smk
tsm
rfl
lfa
   
ecp
tm
 
chg
ubn
cj
skd
bb
tus
 
snt
                           
Polycarpa sp.
Thumbs-up sea squirt
     
chg
 
cj
skd
 
tus
lab
snt
cyr
     
sis
                  Eudistoma sp.
Yellow clustered bead ascidians
                                                   
                                                  awaiting identification
ecp
tm
 
cj
bb
 
snt
     
sji
                  Beige sheet ascidians
awaiting identification
ecp  
prp
chg
           
snt
                            Blob ascidians
awaiting identification
                                     
tpg
smk
tsm
 
lfa
  Brain ascidians
awaiting identification
 
tm
         
bb
   
snt
cyr
kus
laz
sji
sis
jng
tkr
hnt
tpg
smk
tsm
 
lfa
  Green gum drops ascidians
awaiting identification
 
tm
     
cj
skd
bb
tus
 
snt
                 
smk
tsm
      Orange lobed ascidians
awaiting identification
     
chg
ubn
       
snt
                 
smk
        Orange-spotted ascidians
awaiting identification
         
cj
       
snt
cyr
 
laz
sji
sis
jng
tkr
 
tpg
smk
tsm
 
lfa
  Pink ascidians
awaiting identification
     
chg
 
cj
skd
       
cyr
               
smk
tsm
      White ascidians
awaiting identification
ecp    
chg
ubn
cj
skd
                       
tpg
          Rock slime ascidians
awaiting identification

Location in italics indicates sightings shared by others.

Species are difficult to positively identify without examination of internal parts.
On this website, they are grouped by external features for convenience of display.


Northern shores
ecp: east coast park, tm: tanah merah, prp: pasir ris park, chg: changi,
ubn:
pulau ubin (other than cj) cj: chek jawa, skd: pulau sekudu, bb: beting bronok, tus: tuas
Southern shores
lab: labrador, snt: sentosa, cyr: cyrene reef, kus: kusu island, laz: lazarus island, sji: st. john's island, sis: sisters islands,
jng
:
pulau jong, tkr: pulau tekukor, hnt: pulau hantu, tpg: terumbus pempang darat, tengah and laut, smk: pulau semakau,
tsm
: submerged reefs off semakau - terumbu raya, beting bemban besar, terumbu bemban, terumbu semakau, rfl: raffles lighthouse, lfa: live firing area (Salu, Sudong, Pawai, Senang, Biola and submerged reefs in the area)

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