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Clavelina australis
- Water temperature16–20 °C
- Best monthsJune
- How commonRare
Photo credit: (c) Eldon E Ball, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC BY · iNaturalist
About this species
Clavelina australis is a species of colonial ascidian from Australia, in the family Clavelinidae.
Text from the Wikipedia article “Clavelina australis”, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. Read the article
Where and when
Where it has been recorded
Worldwide
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Best months
Worldwide (open data)
- January: 8 records
- February: 4 records
- March: 2 records
- April: 12 records
- May: 12 records
- June: 30 records
- July: 14 records
- August: 15 records
- September: 13 records
- October: 9 records
- November: 7 records
- December: 13 records
Depth and water temperature
Water temperature
Recorded in surface water of 16–20 °C
Photos
(c) Eldon E Ball, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC BY · iNaturalist 
(c) Kai Squires, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC BY · iNaturalist 
(c) Joanna Chen, some rights reserved (CC BY-SA) · CC BY-SA · iNaturalist
Names and classification
Other scientific names: Podoclavella australis, Stereoclavella australis
Similar species
Light bulb sesquirtClavelina lepadiformis
Social TunicateClavelina robusta
Sources and credits
Names and taxonomy: WoRMS (CC BY 4.0) and the GBIF Backbone (CC BY 4.0). Photos: iNaturalist observers, each under the licence shown (CC0, CC BY or CC BY-SA).
- Depth, temperature, months and maps: records from OBIS and GBIF under CC0 or CC BY.
- Descriptions: Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA, each linked to its article.
- Conservation status as published by GBIF (IUCN Red List).
- 32 open-data records from 1949 to 1981.
- Species data updated November 1, 2026.
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