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Thetys vagina (Pelagic Tunicate)
Scientific name: Thetys vagina

Taxonomy: Kingdom Animalia → Phylum Chordata → Subphylum Tunicata → Class Thaliacea → Order Salpida → Family Salpidae → Subfamily Salpinae → Genus Thetys

Common name: Pelagic Tunicate
Locations: Eastern Pacific, Hawaii, Indo-Pacific
Group: Marine LifeInvertebratesTunicates

These range in size from less than an inch to longer than my hand. They can occur in strings or by themselves.

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Thetys vagina (Pelagic Tunicate)
Thetys vagina (Pelagic Tunicate)
Solitary form with black tail
Thetys vagina (Pelagic Tunicate)
Thetys vagina (Pelagic Tunicate)
Thetys vagina (Pelagic Tunicate)
Thetys vagina (Pelagic Tunicate)
Thetys vagina (Pelagic Tunicate)
Thetys vagina (Pelagic Tunicate)
Thetys vagina (Pelagic Tunicate)
Thetys vagina (Pelagic Tunicate)
Thetys vagina (Pelagic Tunicate)
Thetys vagina (Pelagic Tunicate)
Thetys vagina (Pelagic Tunicate)
Thetys vagina (Pelagic Tunicate)
Thetys vagina (Pelagic Tunicate)
Thetys vagina (Pelagic Tunicate)
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