DSC_7876 Saddle Sea Squirt, kaeo, or 'Banana boat' (Cnemidocarpa bicornuta) characteristically 'squirt' seawater when disturbed. Found singly in cracks in rocks, or wedged in between oysters between the tide marks. Quarantine Point, Otago Harbour *
P_10029 Saddle Sea Squirt, kaeo, or 'Banana boat' (Cnemidocarpa bicornuta) found singly in cracks in rocks, or wedged in between oysters between the tide marks. Pudding Island, Otago Harbour *
P_1010012 Warty sea squirt (Cnemidocarpa nisiotis) covered in warts and growth, with siphons extended. Found in shallow subtidal waters attatched to docks, pilings, ropes and other submerged structures. Prefers calm protected waters. Broad Bay, Otago Harbour