Species under Rhopalaea
n= 20
Species name Common name Distribution Max. Length (cm)
Rhopalaea abdominalis
(Sluiter, 1898)
Reef tunicate Western Atlantic
Rhopalaea birkelandi
Tokioka, 1971
Eastern Central Pacific
Rhopalaea circula
Monniot, & Monniot, 2001
Western Central Pacific
Rhopalaea cloneyi
Vazquez & Young, 1996
Northeast Pacific
Rhopalaea crassa
(Herdman, 1880)
Blue yellow ringed sea squirt Indo-West Pacific
Rhopalaea defecta
(Sluiter, 1904)
Western Pacific
Rhopalaea desme
Monniot & Monniot, 2003
Western Central Pacific
Rhopalaea flemingi
(Herdman, 1880)
Eastern Central Atlantic
Rhopalaea fusca
(Herdman, 1880)
Western Central Pacific
Rhopalaea hartmeyeri
Salfi, 1927
Northeast Atlantic and the Mediterranean Sea
Rhopalaea idoneta
Shenkar, 2013
Western Indian Ocean
Rhopalaea macrothorax
Tokioka, 1953
Western Pacific
Rhopalaea meridionalis
Kott, 2006
Eastern Indian Ocean
Rhopalaea neapolitana
Philippia, 1843
Atlantic and the Mediterranean
Rhopalaea orientalis
Pérès, 1958
Northeast Atlantic and the Mediterranean Sea
Rhopalaea perlucida
Monniot, 1997
Western Indian Ocean
Rhopalaea piru
Monniot & Monniot, 1987
Eastern Central Pacific
Rhopalaea respiciens
Monniot, 1991
Western Central Pacific
Rhopalaea sagamiana
Oka, 1927
Northwest Pacific
Rhopalaea tenuis
(Sluiter, 1904)
Western Central Pacific
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