Button Tunicates

Button Tunicates
Name: Button Tunicates
Scientific Name: Distaplia corolla
Family: Tunicates
Taxonomic: Styeliidae
ID Group: Sponges, Bryozoans, Tunicates
Size: up to 0.25 in.
Depth Range: On the reef (10 – 60 ft.)
Sightings: Seen sometimes

These Tunicates form small, rounded buttonlike clusters in shades of orange or purple. Each cluster is grouped around a shared central opening.