Species Gallery (Ascidiacea)
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Lone Ascidia conchilega on a silty seabed.
Copyright: Lin Baldock
Ascidia mentula on a rock wall with Bispura volutacornis, Abereiddy Quarry, Pembrokeshire.
Copyright: Dr Keith Hiscock
Ascidia mentula
Copyright: Dr Keith Hiscock
Ascidia mentula covered in silt.
Copyright: Paul Newland
Close-up of Ascidiella aspersa growing on marina pontoon.
Copyright: Judith Oakley
Ascidiella scabra.
Copyright: Dr Hilmar Hinz
Botrylloides leachii.
Copyright: Dr Keith Hiscock
Botrylloides leachii growing over a kelp holdfast
Copyright: Gordon Lang
Botrylloides leachii on bedrock.
Copyright: Dr Keith Hiscock
Botrylloides leachii under a boulder.
Copyright: Judith Oakley
Botrylloides violaceus from marina pontoon.
Copyright: Judith Oakley
Botrylloides violaceus from marina pontoon.
Copyright: Judith Oakley
Exposed Botrylloides violaceus.
Copyright: Judith Oakley
Colony of Botryllus schlosseri on rock.
Copyright: Dr Keith Hiscock
Botryllus schlosseri and Calliostoma zizyphinum.
Copyright: Dr Keith Hiscock
Botryllus schlosseri at Skomer Island.
Copyright: Judith Oakley
Botryllus schlosseri on a rocky shore.
Copyright: Judith Oakley
Botryllus schlosseri over Styela clava.
Copyright: Judith Oakley
Botryllus schlosseri under an overhang.
Copyright: Judith Oakley
Botryllus schlosseri.
Copyright: Dr Keith Hiscock
Botryllus schlosseri.
Copyright: Dr Keith Hiscock
Botryllus schlosseri. Most likely a transparent colony growing on red algae.
Copyright: Judith Oakley
A blue morph star ascidian.
Copyright: Judith Oakley
Dark coloured Botryllus schlosseri.
Copyright: Judith Oakley
The colonial sea squirt Botryllus schlosseri.
Copyright: Dr Keith Hiscock
The solitary sea squirt Ciona intestinalis.
Copyright: Dr Keith Hiscock
Ciona intestinalis and a few Clavelina lepadiformis.
Copyright: Judith Oakley
Ciona intestinalis in shallow waters.
Copyright: Judith Oakley
Close up view of a Ciona intestinalis individual.
Copyright: John Rundle
Dense aggregation of Ciona intestinalis.
Copyright: Sue Scott
Dense aggregation of Ciona intestinalis.
Copyright: Sue Scott
Clavelina lepadiformis.
Copyright: Dr Keith Hiscock
Clavelina lepadiformis
Copyright: Dr Keith Hiscock
Clavelina lepadiformis in deeper water.
Copyright: Judith Oakley
Clavelina lepadiformis on the sea shore.
Copyright: Judith Oakley
Clavelina lepadiformis patch on a sedimented seabed.
Copyright: Paul Newland
Close up of Clavelina lepadiformis.
Copyright: Dr Keith Hiscock
Light bulb sea squirts and feather stars.
Copyright: Dr Keith Hiscock
Small group of Clavelina lepadiformis.
Copyright: Dr Keith Hiscock
Corella eumyota, an invasive species.
Copyright: Judith Oakley
Corella eumyota on a rocky shore.
Copyright: Judith Oakley
Corella eumyota at Wembury.
Copyright: Judith Oakley
Corella parallelograma
Copyright: Dr Keith Hiscock
Colony of Dendrodoa grossularia on rock surface.
Copyright: Dr Keith Hiscock
Dendrodoa grossularia covered in particles.
Copyright: Fiona Crouch
Dendrodoa grossularia exposed on a rocky shore.
Copyright: Judith Oakley
Baked bean sea squirt on an overhang.
Copyright: Dr Keith Hiscock
Baked bean sea squirts and feather stars dominating rock above a overhang.
Copyright: Dr Keith Hiscock
Close up of Dendrodoa grossularia.
Copyright: Dr Keith Hiscock
Wall of Dendrodoa grossularia.
Copyright: Judith Oakley
Diazona violacea, football sea squirt at ca. 20 m, Trintiy Rock, Isles of Scilly.
Copyright: Dr Keith Hiscock
Diazona violacea
Copyright: Paul Newland
Diazona violacea, football sea squirt with sea fan Swiftia pallida.
Copyright: Sue Scott
A colony of Diazona violacea on the sea floor.
Copyright: Paul Newland
Close up of Diazona violacea, football sea squirt.
Copyright: Dr Keith Hiscock
Football seasquirt colony.
Copyright: Paul Newland
The invasive sea squirt Didemnum vexillum, found on a pontoon in the River Dart.
Copyright: Fiona Crouch
The invasive sea squirt Didemnum vexillum, found on a pontoon in the River Dart.
Copyright: Fiona Crouch
Diplosoma listerianum.
Copyright: Fiona Crouch
Lesser gooseberry sea squirt Distomus variolosus.
Copyright: Dr Keith Hiscock
Distomus variolosus on rocks
Copyright: Dr Keith Hiscock
The lesser gooseberry sea squirt Distomus variolosus growing on the stipe of Laminaria hyperborea.
Copyright: Judith Oakley
Molgula manhattensis dominated seabed, Middle Channel Rocks, entrance to Milford Haven.
Copyright: Dr Keith Hiscock
Sea grapes Molgula manhattensis.
Copyright: Judith Oakley
Colonies of Morchellium argus.
Copyright: Paul Newland
Colony of Perophora japonica on fucoid alga.
Copyright: Marine Biological Association of the UK (MBA)
Perophora japonica growing on Ascidiella aspersa.
Copyright: Judith Oakley
Perophora japonica growing on rope hanging from marina pontoon.
Copyright: Judith Oakley
Perophora japonica on Styela clava
Copyright: Dr John Bishop
Perophora japonica terminal buds
Copyright: Dr John Bishop
Several zooids with cluster of terminal buds.
Copyright: Marine Biological Association of the UK (MBA)
Single zooid and terminal buds at high magnification.
Copyright: Marine Biological Association of the UK (MBA)
Whole colony of Perophora japonica on fucoid alga.
Copyright: Marine Biological Association of the UK (MBA)
Colony of Stolonica socialis
Copyright: Dr Keith Hiscock
Stolonica socialis at Stoke Point.
Copyright: Dr Keith Hiscock
Styela clava attached to rock. Firestone Bay, Plymouth.
Copyright: Dr Keith Hiscock
Diplosoma spp. growing on Styela clava with adjacent Bugula neritoides, an invasive bryozoan.
Copyright: Judith Oakley
Styela clava growing on buoy rope in marina.
Copyright: Judith Oakley
Styela clava specimen from marina pontoon in south Devon.
Copyright: Judith Oakley
Styela clava under boulder on shore.
Copyright: Judith Oakley
Styela clava under intertidal overhang.
Copyright: Judith Oakley
Styela clava with Clavelina lepadiformis growing on a marina pontoon.
Copyright: Judith Oakley
Styela clava with an anemone attached.
Copyright: Judith Oakley
Styela clava.
Copyright: Dr Keith Hiscock
Styela clava.
Copyright: Judith Oakley
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