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Sea Pork

Aplidium stellatum

Description:

A colony of tiny zooids (tunicates) living in a shared rubbery "tunic."

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2 Comments

Neil Ross
Neil Ross 6 years ago

Sea pork? Is that a joke? Sounds a lot like Aussie or Kiwi humour to me. I love it!! A great spotting, Mandy. I'm discovering that zooids come in all shapes, sizes, and names :)

Tiz
Tiz 9 years ago

Ooo! Cool cretature, happy you introduced this one :)

Mandy Hollman
Spotted by
Mandy Hollman

North Carolina, USA

Spotted on Apr 8, 2015
Submitted on Apr 10, 2015

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