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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. 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.

References

1. ^ Shenkar N, Gittenberger A, Lambert G, Rius M, Moreira Da Rocha R, Swalla BJ, Turon X, eds. (2022). "Rhopalaea crassa (Herdman, 1880)". Ascidiacea World Database. World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved 27 January 2022.
2. "Rhopalaea crassa (Herdman, 1880)". Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Retrieved 27 January 2022.

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