APHOTOMARINE
An educational resource dedicated mainly to the photography
and diversity of marine life that can be found in coastal waters
and intertidal areas of Great Britain and Ireland by David Fenwick.
Botrylloides diegensis Ritter & Forsyth, 1917 - San Diego or Chain sea squirt - a non-native invasive species
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San Diego or Chain sea squirt
Botrylloides diegensis
- zooid arrangement 1
Botrylloides diegensis
- zooid arrangement 1
San Diego or Chain sea squirt
Botrylloides diegensis
- zooid arrangement 2
San Diego or Chain sea squirt
Botrylloides diegensis
- close-up of zooids 1
San Diego or Chain sea squirt
Botrylloides diegensis
- close-up of zooids 2
San Diego or Chain sea squirt
Botrylloides diegensis
- close-up of zooids 3
San Diego or Chain sea squirt
Botrylloides diegensis
- close-up of zooids 4
San Diego or Chain sea squirt
Botrylloides diegensis
- close-up of zooids 5
San Diego or Chain sea squirt
Botrylloides diegensis
- close-up of zooids 6
San Diego or Chain sea squirt
Botrylloides diegensis
- underwater on pontoon 1
San Diego or Chain sea squirt
Botrylloides diegensis
- underwater on pontoon 2
San Diego or Chain sea squirt
Botrylloides diegensis
- underwater on pontoon 3
San Diego or Chain sea squirt
Botrylloides diegensis
- underwater on pontoon 4
San Diego or Chain sea squirt
Botrylloides diegensis
- underwater on pontoon 5
San Diego or Chain sea squirt
Botrylloides diegensis
- underwater on pontoon 6
San Diego or Chain sea squirt
Botrylloides diegensis
- out of water 1
San Diego or Chain sea squirt
Botrylloides diegensis
- tadpole larva 1
San Diego or Chain sea squirt
Botrylloides diegensis
- tadpole larva 2
San Diego or Chain sea squirt
Botrylloides diegensis
- head of tadpole larva 1
San Diego or Chain sea squirt
Botrylloides diegensis
- habitat / location 1
San Diego or Chain sea squirt
Botrylloides diegensis
- habitat / location 2
Specimens above found growing on pontoons at Torquay Marina, Torquay, Devon. 11.07.18.
San Diego or Chain sea squirt
Botrylloides diegensis
- pale form 1
San Diego or Chain sea squirt
Botrylloides diegensis
- pale form 2
San Diego or Chain sea squirt
Botrylloides diegensis
- orange teardrop form 1
San Diego or Chain sea squirt
Botrylloides diegensis
- orange teardrop form 2
San Diego or Chain sea squirt
Botrylloides diegensis
- orange teardrop form 3
San Diego or Chain sea squirt
Botrylloides diegensis
- habitat / location 1
Specimens above were found under rocks in an old Victorian swimming pool at Baiters Point, Poole Quay, Poole, Dorset, 12.09.18.
Botrylloides diegensis, San Diego or Chain sea squirt is an invasive non-native species. In harbours it can foul boats, pontoons and other manmade structures, often competing with native species for space.
The main objective of this website is in furthering environmental awareness and education through the medium of photography. To increase awareness and access to the wildlife of the region and help
people find and identify it. Sometimes the difference between species is obvious but many species can only be determined by observing microscopic characteristics that are specific to any one species.