Brain Ascidian

Scientific Name: Scyozoa cerebriformis

Description: This is a colonial ascidian which comes in a range of colours including red, pink, orange and blue. In larger specimens, has a highly convoluted shape that looks a little like the lobes of the brain.

Individual zooids have their own inhalant siphon for taking in water and share common exhalant siphons on the thin edge of the colony.

Type: Sea Squirts/Ascidians
Where to find: Subtidal Reefs
Size: 100mm