Shrimp, Snails, and Crabs
Golden Sea Squirt
Polycarpa aurata
Photo: Nick Hobgood · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Wikimedia Commons
Key facts
- Temperature24–27 °C
- pH8.1–8.4
- Adult size15 cm
- Difficulty★★★★☆
- TemperamentPeaceful
- WaterMarine
- Reef safeYes
Full profile
- Family
- Styelidae
- Origin
- Indo-Pacific
- Size
- 10 – 15 cm
- Temperature
- 24 – 27°C
- pH
- 8.1 – 8.4
- Salinity
- 1.023 – 1.025
- Difficulty
- ★★★★☆
- Water type
- marine
- Behavior
- Pacific
- Diet
- filter feeder (phytoplankton)
- Reproduction
- releases gametes
- Reef Safe
- ✅ Yes
Notes: A yellow and purple, vase-shaped tunicate. Very striking, but it usually starves without an abundance of phytoplankton.
