Star ascidian
size:
colonies up to 10 centimeters
color:
usually purple, sometimes pink or brown
food:
plankton
enemies:
sometimes wrasse and crabs
reproduction:
sexual and by forming buds
- Dut: Gesterde geleikorst
- Lat: Botryllus schlosseri
- Eng: Star ascidian
- Ger: Stern-Ascidie
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Star ascidian
As the name says, the star ascidian is star-shaped. Each point of the star is an animal and the center of the star is their joint waste hole. Star ascidians are the most common colony-forming sea squirts present in the Netherlands. They look like sturdy, smooth, cartilaginous crust, covered with star-shaped figures. In the delta region, there are more species of colony-forming sea squirts. They were carried here in the 1970s-1990s by ships and when mussel and oyster fishermen transported shellfish.
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