Diplosoma listerianum? (Milne-Edwards, 1841)
a sea squirt

(Identification not confirmed)

Diplosoma listerianum(Milne-Edwards, 1841) - a sea squirt, Colony - close-up - enlarged

Image 0001: Colony - close-up - enlarged

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Magnification  macro-photographmacro-photograph
Equipment used Canon EOS400D dSLR with Tamron SP AF Di 90mm Macro 1:1 lens
Magnification ratio (film/sensor to subject) 1:1
Photographer Malcolm Storey
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Image Reference P91170
Found as Colony
Date 21 Jan 2011
OS grid ref SY67
Lat/Lon 50° 40' N, 2° 30' W
Location Dorset, VC9, England
Record summary transparent colonial seasquirt (Family Didemnidae, probably Diplosoma listerianum) overlying a pink encrusting coralline alga (Family Corallinaceae, possibly Lithophyllum incrustans)
Return to Record page Diplosoma listerianum on 21 Jan 2011 at SY67 in Dorset
Return to Taxon page Diplosoma listerianum