Ciona intestinalis
Sea Vase
As recorded: Ciona intestinalis (Linnaeus, 1767)
Animalia › Chordata › Ascidiacea › Phlebobranchia › Cionidae
- Locality
- Pearl Harbor; scraped from bottom of U.S.S. Dobin
- Island
- Oʻahu
- Region
- United States
- Identified by
- D.P. Abbott, Nov 1980Donald P. Abbott →29 Nov →
- Record type
- Preserved specimen
Ciona intestinalis observed alive
Since 2000, iNaturalist observers have recorded 854 research-grade sightings in the wild, most recently on 2026-10-26.
2026-10-26
Campbeltown Way, England, GB
(c) khallas, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)
2026-10-21
Las Palmas, ES-CN, ES
(c) Dennis Rabeling, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC-ND)
2026-10-15
Bocabec, NB E5B 0B3, Canada
(c) flashbulbfish, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)
2026-10-08
Santa Cruz de Tenerife, ES-CN, ES
(c) Christophe AGUS, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)
2026-10-07
Park Rd, Dover, NH, US
(c) crosica, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)
2026-10-07
Newington, NH 03801, USA
(c) em1500, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)
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Cite this specimen
Ciona intestinalis. BPBM 218. Bernice Pauahi Bishop Museum, Honolulu. GBIF occurrence 36008127. Accessed via explore.bishopmuseum.org/specimens/y/218.
Record sources
- GBIF occurrence 36008127 ↗
- Data license: CC0
- Last harvested October 26, 2026