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.
Unknown species of mauve didemnid - Newlyn Marina 12.09.15 (Tunicate images)
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Sea squirt
Mauve didemnid
- dorsal view 1
Mauve didemnid
- dorsal view 1
Sea squirt
Mauve didemnid
- dorsal view 2
Sea squirt
Mauve didemnid
- close-up 1
Sea squirt
Mauve didemnid
- close-up 2
Sea squirt
Mauve didemnid
- zooids 1
Species found on other sea squirts and on algae, on pontoons at Newlyn Marina, Newlyn, Cornwall, 12.09.15.
Sea squirt
Mauve didemnid
- with other tunicates on rope 1
Sea squirt
Mauve didemnid
- with other tunicates on rope 2
Sea squirt
Mauve didemnid
- with other tunicates on rope 3
Sea squirt
Mauve didemnid
- close-up 3
Sea squirt
Mauve didemnid
- close-up 4
Sea squirt
Mauve didemnid
- close-up 5
Sea squirt
Mauve didemnid
- close-up 6
Sea squirt
Mauve didemnid
- zooids in broken area 1
Sea squirt
Mauve didemnid
- habitat / location 1
Specimen above found covering other sea squirts on a rope hanging from a pontoon at Newlyn Marina, Newlyn, Cornwall, 01.11.18.
Sea squirt
Mauve didemnid
- close-up 7
Sea squirt
Mauve didemnid
- close-up 8
Sea squirt
Mauve didemnid
- dorsal view 3
Species above found in a small sample of fouling taken from a pontoon at Newlyn Marina, Newlyn, Cornwall, 05.05.18.
This species is quite rubbery in texture.
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.