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
Diplosoma spongiforme (Giard, 1872) - A didemnid sea squirt (Tunicate images)
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Didemnid sea squirt
Diplosoma spongiforme
- close-up of colony 1

Didemnid sea squirt
Diplosoma spongiforme
- close-up of colony 2

Didemnid sea squirt
Diplosoma spongiforme
- under rock on lowershore 1

Didemnid sea squirt
Diplosoma spongiforme
- under rock on lowershore 2

Didemnid sea squirt
Diplosoma spongiforme
- habitat / location 1

The specimen above was found under a rock on an extra low spring tide in front of Smeaton's Pier, St. Ives, Cornwall. 10.10.14

Didemnid sea squirt
Diplosoma spongiforme
- underboulder pool lowershore 1

Didemnid sea squirt
Diplosoma spongiforme
- underboulder pool lowershore 2

Didemnid sea squirt
Diplosoma spongiforme
- underboulder pool lowershore 3

Didemnid sea squirt
Diplosoma spongiforme
- underboulder pool lowershore 4

Species found in an under boulder pool on the lowershore at Sennen Cove, Cornwall. 08.09.14.

Thanks go to Sarah Bowen for help in identifying this species.

Diplosoma spongiforme 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.