Wildlife in Kachemak Bay

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    Wrinkled Tunicates

    Out of season · Best May–Jul

    Pyura haustor is a species of sessile ascidian, or sea squirt, that lives in coastal waters in the northeastern Pacific Ocean, attached to rocks or artificial structures. Common names for this species include the wrinkled seapump, the wrinkled sea squirt and the warty tunicate.

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