Taxonomy

Animalia

Chordata

Ascidiacea

Stolidobranchia

Pyuridae Halocynthia

igaboja

Bristly Tunicate

Iguana-snake Sea-Cynthia

Halocynthia igaboja, commonly known as the sea hedgehog, the bristly tunicate or spiny sea squirt, is a species of tunicate in the family Pyuridae. It is native to the northeastern Pacific Ocean. This species was first described in 1906 by the Japanese marine biologist Asajiro Oka, who gave it the name Cynthia ritteri. It was later transferred to the genus Halocynthia.

Halocynthia igaboja. Retrieved January, 01 2022, from en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Halocynthia_igaboja.