Carpet Sea Squirt

Description: English: Didemnum vexillum Kott, 20023400581414. Date: 6 November 2021, 00:00:00. Source: https://www.gbif.org/occurrence/3400581414. Author: The Norwegian Biodiversity Information Centre (NBIC) (undefined) (Husa%20Vivian). Camera location59° 26′ 02.23″ N, 5° 14′ 18.79″ E View all coordinates using: OpenStreetMap 59.433954; 5.238553. : This media file is part of an observation on GBIF:gbif.org/occurrence/3400581414This tag does not indicate the copyright status of the attached work. A normal copyright tag is still required. See Commons:Licensing.

Description: Français : zoom (détail) sur le manteau d'une colonie d'un tunicier invasif w:fr:Didemnum vexillum Didemnum vexillum, ici photographié aux Etats-unis à 4 m de profondeur, au large de la plage de la ville américaine de Sandwich (Massachusetts) le 7 novembre 2006 par l'USGS. Les ouvertures sont les orifices de milliers de cloaques, chacun étant partagés par un sous-groupes de zoïdes. La matière fécale de la colonie est acheminée vers ces ouvertures puis expulsée dans l'océan. English: Image DB_STB_DSC3770. Tunicate colony of Didemnum vexillum. Large openings are cloacal apertures; brown material in them is interpreted to be fecal matter in cavities below the apertures. Sandwich town beach (41 deg 46.11 min N lat, 70 deg 28.95 min W lon). Water depth 4 m. November 7, 2006. Observers: Dann Blackwood (USGS) and Sandra Baldwin (USGS). Photo credit: Dann Blackwood (USGS). Date: 11 February 2016, 21:26:03. Source: https://woodshole.er.usgs.gov/project-pages/stellwagen/didemnum/htm/sandtown.htm and also : https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Tunicate_colony_of_Didemnum_vexillum.JPG. Author: U.S. Geological Survey/photo by Dann Blackwood (USGS).