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Ciona robusta

Status not recordedother invertebrates

Ciona robusta is a species in the family Cionidae, order Phlebobranchia.

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Quick facts about Ciona robusta

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 Ciona robusta live?

Not recorded

Where has it been introduced?

The Global Register of Introduced and Invasive Species lists Ciona robusta as introduced in 6 countries.

  1. Argentina
  2. Greece
  3. New Zealand
  4. South Africa
  5. United Kingdom
  6. United States

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 Ciona robusta 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 Ciona robusta classified?

  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. phylumChordata
  3. classAscidiacea
  4. orderPhlebobranchia
  5. familyCionidae
  6. genusCiona
  7. SpeciesCiona robusta Hoshino & Tokioka, 1967
Other names and names in other languages (2)
  • Cione robusteFrench
  • Ascidia robustaItalian

Catalogue of Life

Relatives of Ciona robusta

Other species in the same genus Ciona.

Sea vase

Ciona intestinalis

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Common questions

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Is Ciona robusta an invasive species?

The Global Register of Introduced and Invasive Species lists Ciona robusta as introduced in 6 countries, including Argentina, Greece, New Zealand, South Africa and United Kingdom, but does not flag it as invasive in any of them.

What kind of animal is Ciona robusta?

Ciona robusta (Ciona robusta) belongs to the family Cionidae in the order Phlebobranchia.

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). Ciona robusta (Ciona robusta). Retrieved from https://creaturedata.com/animals/ciona-robusta

MLA

“Ciona robusta (Ciona robusta).” CreatureData, 2026, https://creaturedata.com/animals/ciona-robusta.

BibTeX
@misc{ciona_robusta_2026,
  title = {Ciona robusta (Ciona robusta)},
  author = {{CreatureData}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://creaturedata.com/animals/ciona-robusta},
  note = {Data as of 2026-11-14}
}