Gold Star Tunicate

Botryllus schlosseri

Gold Star Tunicate

Status

Physical 

Golden Star Tunicates are small organisms with undefined body shape. Individuals vary in color, and are usually found in small groups or colonies that range from 5 to 40 individuals. Average size is 0.2 cm.

Habitat

Tunicates can live anywhere with a firm substrate. They can live on boat bottoms, pilings, rocks, and sand. They are found from subtidal zones to shallow depths.

Feeding 

B. schlosseri are filter feeders, and remove micro-organisms from the water that they siphon through their bodies.

Gold Star Tunicate
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