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Button tunicate

Distaplia corolla Monniot F., 1974

Status not recordedother invertebrates

The button tunicate (Distaplia corolla) is a species in the family Holozoidae, order Aplousobranchia.

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Quick facts about the button tunicate

Weight
Not recorded
Length
Not recorded
Lifespan
Not recorded
Main food
Not recorded
Habitat
Not recorded
Young per litter or clutch
Not recorded
Conservation status
Not recorded
Countries on record
Not recorded

Where does the button tunicate live?

Not recorded

Where has it been introduced?

The Global Register of Introduced and Invasive Species lists the button tunicate as introduced in 1 country.

  1. Portugal

Introduced means brought by people and now present; invasive means the country's checklist records an impact. A species can be native to one part of a country and introduced in another. Source: Global Register of Introduced and Invasive Species (CC BY 4.0).

Is the button tunicate endangered?

No conservation assessment is recorded for this species in our sources. That is not the same as being safe: it has not been matched to an assessment.

How is the button tunicate classified?

  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. phylumChordata
  3. classAscidiacea
  4. orderAplousobranchia
  5. familyHolozoidae
  6. genusDistaplia
  7. SpeciesDistaplia corolla Monniot F., 1974
Other names and names in other languages (1)
  • Distaplia en corolleFrench

Catalogue of Life

Relatives of the button tunicate

Other species in the same genus Distaplia.

Sea rod

Distaplia cylindrica

HolozoidaeNo free photo yet

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Common questions

Answered only where our data holds the answer.

Is the button tunicate an invasive species?

The Global Register of Introduced and Invasive Species lists the button tunicate as introduced in 1 country: Portugal, but does not flag it as invasive in any of them.

What kind of animal is the button tunicate?

The button tunicate (Distaplia corolla) belongs to the family Holozoidae in the order Aplousobranchia.

Sources and how to cite this page

Data as of 2026-11-14. How this page is put together.

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APA

CreatureData. (2026). Button tunicate (Distaplia corolla). Retrieved from https://creaturedata.com/animals/button-tunicate

MLA

“Button tunicate (Distaplia corolla).” CreatureData, 2026, https://creaturedata.com/animals/button-tunicate.

BibTeX
@misc{button_tunicate_2026,
  title = {Button tunicate (Distaplia corolla)},
  author = {{CreatureData}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://creaturedata.com/animals/button-tunicate},
  note = {Data as of 2026-11-14}
}