Species
Styela montereyensis (Long-stalked sea squirt)
Styela montereyensis. Photo: (c) Alison Young, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)
Styela montereyensis, also called the Stalked Tunicate, Monterey stalked tunicate, and the Long-stalked sea squirt is a solitary ascidian tunicate. It has a cylindrical, yellow to dark reddish-brown body and a thin trunk that anchors it to rocks. It is found in subtidal areas of the western coast of North America from Vancouver Island to Baja, California.
- Humboldt Life
- Kingdom: Animalia (Animals)
- Phylum: Chordata (Chordates)
- Subphylum: Tunicata (Tunicates)
- Class: Ascidiacea (Sea squirts)
- Order: Stolidobranchia
- Family: Styelidae
- Genus: Styela (Lumpy sea mats)
- Species: Styela montereyensis (Long-stalked sea squirt)
- Genus: Styela (Lumpy sea mats)
- Family: Styelidae
- Order: Stolidobranchia
- Class: Ascidiacea (Sea squirts)
- Subphylum: Tunicata (Tunicates)
- Phylum: Chordata (Chordates)
- Kingdom: Animalia (Animals)
















