APHOTOMARINE

An educational resource dedicated mainly to the photography
and diversity of marine life that can be found in coastal waters
and intertidal areas of Great Britain and Ireland by David Fenwick.

A-P-H-O-T-O Wildlife Stock Image Library
Aplidium pallidum (Verrill, 1871) - White flake-ascidian (Tunicate images)
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White flake-ascidian
Aplidium pallidum
- on red algae 1

White flake-ascidian
Aplidium pallidum
- on Bifurcaria bifurcata 1

White flake-ascidian
Aplidium pallidum
- on Bifurcaria bifurcata 2

Specimens above were found on various marine algae on the lowershore, at the following locations. Hannafore Point, near Looe, Cornwall. 12.03.09; also at Long Rock, near Penzance, Cornwall. 29.09.11.

White flake-ascidian
Aplidium pallidum
- individual colony of zooids 1

White flake-ascidian
Aplidium pallidum
- on wall of underboulder pool 1

White flake-ascidian
Aplidium pallidum
- on wall of underboulder pool 2

White flake-ascidian
Aplidium pallidum
- on wall of underboulder pool 3

White flake-ascidian
Aplidium pallidum
- on wall of underboulder pool 4

White flake-ascidian
Aplidium pallidum
- on wall of underboulder pool 5

Specimens above found on the wall of an underboulder pool on the lowershore at Sennen Cove, Cornwall, 08.09.14, 24.05.16 and 17.07.18.

Look out for this species on the following seaweed, Cystoseira tamariscifolia (Rainbow Wrack), Corallina officinalis (Coral Weed) and Chondrus crispus (Carragheen or Irish Moss).

Aplidium pallidum White flake ascidian Sea Squirt Tunicate Images
The main objective of this website is in furthering environmental awareness and education through the medium of photography. To increase awareness and access to the wildlife of the region and help
people find and identify it. Sometimes the difference between species is obvious but many species can only be determined by observing microscopic characteristics that are specific to any one species.