Rhopalaea crassa

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
	Ecteinascidia crassa Herdman, 1880; Rhopalopsis crassa (Herdman, 1880); Ciona indica Sluiter, 1904; Rhopalaea indica (Sluiter, 1904); Ecteinascidia fusca Herdman, 1880; Ecteinascidia solida Herdman, 1906; Rhopalaea mutuensis Oka, 1927;

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.

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