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.
| Rhopalaea crassa | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Subphylum: | Tunicata |
| Class: | Ascidiacea |
| Order: | Aplousobranchia |
| Family: | Diazonidae |
| Genus: | Rhopalaea |
| Species: | R. crassa |
| Binomial name | |
| Rhopalaea crassa (Herdman, 1880) | |
| Synonyms[1] | |
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