#4997 · 🪼 jellyfish, starfish, worms & co
Lightbulb Sea Squirt
🇳🇱 Bretelzakpijp ·Clavelina lepadiformis
🪼 Jellyfish, starfish, worms & co 📍 in Europe, not in NL
📍 La Malagueta, Málaga, Provinz Málaga, Spanien
📍 Finistère, Bretagne, FR
📍 Golfo de León, Colera, ES
📍 Granada, Spanje
📍 Simon's Town Naval Base
📍 34110 Frontignan, France
10 photos from iNaturalist (Creative Commons) · credits & licences
- 1. © luismartinezartola · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 2. © Alfiero Brisotto · CC BY-NC-SA 4.0
- 3. © luismartinezartola · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 4. © Ian Scholey · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 5. La Malagueta, Málaga, Provinz Málaga, Spanien:© Susanne Vogel · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 6. Finistère, Bretagne, FR:© Pierre Corbrion · CC BY-NC-SA 4.0
- 7. Golfo de León, Colera, ES:© Bernat Espigulé · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 8. Granada, Spanje:© Stefan · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 9. Simon's Town Naval Base:© Callum Evans · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 10. 34110 Frontignan, France:© Virginie Zajdel · CC BY-NC 4.0
what is it?
Clavelina lepadiformis , common name the light-bulb sea squirt , is a colonial sea squirt native to the NE Atlantic Ocean.
base stats
Bars compare against all animals on log scales: up to 300,000 Dutch and 600,000 worldwide sightings (the most-seen species), 150 t (blue whale), 30 m and 400 years (Greenland shark).
fun facts
- No confirmed wild sightings in the Netherlands on iNaturalist: you'd have to travel for this one.
- 2,104 observations worldwide on iNaturalist.
- Scientifically named by Otto Friedrich Müller in 1776 (250 years ago).
fact sheet
- English
- Lightbulb Sea Squirt
- Nederlands
- Bretelzakpijp
- scientific name
- Clavelina lepadiformis
- class
- Ascidiacea
- order
- Aplousobranchia
- family
- Clavelinidae
- sightings in NL
- 0
- sightings in Europe
- 1,545
- sightings worldwide
- 2,104
- GBIF records in NL
- 27
- weight
- —
- length
- —
- lifespan
- —
- named
- 1776 by Otto Friedrich Müller
Sources: iNaturalist taxon 338044, Wikidata Q2978646, GBIF 2330198, Wikipedia (EN), Wikipedia (NL). Intro text from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-24.