Clavelina sabbadini is a species of tunicate (sea squirt), in the genus Clavelina (the "little bottles"). Like all ascidians, these sessile animals are filter feeders.
Clavelina sabbadini | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Subphylum: | Tunicata |
Class: | Ascidiacea |
Order: | Aplousobranchia |
Family: | Clavelinidae |
Genus: | Clavelina |
Species: | C. sabbadini |
Binomial name | |
Clavelina sabbadini (Brunetti, 1987)[1] |
Distribution
This species is found in European waters and in the Mediterranean Sea.[1]