eastern cape scuba diving
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| Scientific name: |
Podoclavella spp-1 |
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| Common name: |
Blue choirboys |
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| Taxonomy |
| Phyulm |
Sub Phylum |
Class |
Sub Class |
Order |
Sub Order |
Family |
Sub Family |
Genus |
Species |
| Chordata |
Urochordata |
Ascidiacea |
Not Defined |
Phlebobranchia |
Not Defined |
Ascidiidae |
Not Defined |
Podoclavella |
Podoclavella spp-1 |
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Short Description
They are colonial animals that consist of individual zooids that share a common base.The zooids got two opening called siphons.They come in a bright blue colour
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Identification
features: |
They are normally tubular and transparent, with a colour patch between the siphons. |
| Size: |
Individual 50-100mm but can form big colonies |
| Behaviour: |
To reproduce the lay their eggs internally and when hatch the larvae looks like tadpoles.
After they hatch they free swimming and normally swim to the surface.
Later their behaviour changes and they swim down to the bottom,where they attach themselves
to the reef |
| Diet: |
Filterfeeders |
| Distribution: |
Cape Town to East Londen |
| Depth: |
6-40m |
| Habitat: |
Vertical rock-faces and under overhangs on rocky reefs |
| Reference: |
- Two Oceans
(A guide to the marine life of Southern Africa)
GM Branch;CL Griffiths;ML Branch;LE Beckley
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Database Statistics
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