Saltwater. Tunicates. Numerous small tunicates embedded in a white, firm, globular tunic. Each individual forms slight depression in the surface of the colony and can be recognized by the two siphon openings that protrude slightly.

- Black Condominium Tunicate Eudistoma obscuratum
- Strawberry Tunicate Eudistoma sp.

Size: 2 to 10 cm.
Colour: Colour commonly white. The whiteness is due to densely packed spicules in the test, the orange colour is due to pigment cells in the tunic.
Shape: Numerous small tunicates embedded in a white, firm, globular tunic. Each individual forms slight depression in the surface of the colony and can be recognized by the two siphon openings that protrude slightly.

Inhabits coral reefs. Often grow in areas of dead coral and algae.

BES-eilanden: St. Eustatius.

[Niels Schrieken, nov. 2015]; Marion Haarsma, dec. 2015]

- Humann, P., & DeLoach, N. (2002). Reef Creature Identification: Florida, Caribbean, Bahamas (p. 420). Jacksonville (FL): New World Publications.

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