Rhopalaea crassa

Rhopalaea crassa, is a species of tunicate in the family Diazonidae.^[1][2] Despite popular online sources, this species is yellow or rarely white. The cobalt blue species often called "Rhopalaea crassa" in error is actually Rhopalaea fusca. A different, undescribed Rhopalaea species with neon-colored networking has also often had this name erroneously attributed to it.

Rhopalaea crassa
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Subphylum:	Tunicata
Class:	Ascidiacea
Order:	Aplousobranchia
Family:	Diazonidae
Genus:	Rhopalaea
Species:	R. crassa
Binomial name
Rhopalaea crassa (Herdman, 1880)
Synonyms[1]
Ecteinascidia crassa Herdman, 1880 Rhopalopsis crassa (Herdman, 1880) Ciona indica Sluiter, 1904 Rhopalaea indica (Sluiter, 1904) Ecteinascidia fusca Herdman, 1880 Ecteinascidia solida Herdman, 1906 Rhopalaea mutuensis Oka, 1927