DSC_1413 Purple colonial ascidian (Hypsistozoa fasmeriana) plum coloured and forms lumps and mounds. Found on rocks and under overhangs at low intertidal to subtidal. Aquarium Point, Otago Harbour *
DSC_1316 Purple colonial seasquirt (Hypsistozoa fasmeriana) plum coloured and forms lumps and mounds. Found on rocks and under overhangs at low intertidal to subtidal. Aquarium Point, Otago Harbour
DSC_ 5993 'Sea daisy' Colonial ascidian (Botryllus schlosseri) exposed at low spring tide. Forms flat slimey sheets 3 mm thick, with distinguishing circular zooid systems around common exhalent apertures. Encrusts a variety of surfaces, and is very common in ports and harbours throughout New Zealand. Quarantine Point, Otago Peninsula *
