Sea Pork [Aplidium]
Description
Divers often spot Aplidium as soft, lumpy colonies that can look like pale, sausage-like “pork” attached to rocks, rubble, or reef walls. When you get close, the colony’s texture and subtle color variations stand out, and you may notice small openings where the animals feed.
Species
White Sea Squirt
Aplidium albicans
Aplidium abditum
Aplidium abditum
Aplidium abyssum
Aplidium abyssum
Aplidium accarense
Aplidium accarense
Aplidium acropodium
Aplidium acropodium
Aplidium acroporum
Aplidium acroporum
Aplidium adamsi
Aplidium adamsi
Aplidium aegeaensis
Aplidium aegeaensis
Aplidium agulhaense
Aplidium agulhaense
Aplidium altarium
Aplidium altarium
Aplidium amorphatum
Aplidium amorphatum
Aplidium amphibolum
Aplidium amphibolum
Aplidium annulatum
Aplidium annulatum
Aplidium antillense
Aplidium antillense
Aplidium appendiculatum
Aplidium appendiculatum
Aplidium arenatum
Aplidium arenatum
Aplidium areolatum
Aplidium areolatum
Aplidium asperum
Aplidium asperum
Aplidium aurorae
Aplidium aurorae
Aplidium australiense
Aplidium australiense
Aplidium bacculum
Aplidium bacculum
Aplidium balleniae
Aplidium balleniae
Aplidium benhami
Aplidium benhami
Aplidium bermudae
Aplidium bermudae
Aplidium bilinguae
Aplidium bilinguae
Aplidium bilingula
Aplidium bilingula
Aplidium boucheti
Aplidium boucheti
Aplidium brementi
Aplidium brementi
Aplidium brevilarvacium
Aplidium brevilarvacium
Aplidium brevisiphonis
Aplidium brevisiphonis
Aplidium breviventer
Aplidium breviventer
Aplidium broomeiensis
Aplidium broomeiensis
Aplidium caelestis
Aplidium caelestis
Aplidium caeruleum
Aplidium caeruleum
Sea Pork
Aplidium californicum
Aplidium cellis
Aplidium cellis
Aplidium cerebrum
Aplidium cerebrum
Aplidium challengeri
Aplidium challengeri
Aplidium chthamalum
Aplidium chthamalum
Aplidium circulatum
Aplidium circulatum
Aplidium circumvolutum
Aplidium circumvolutum
Aplidium claviforme
Aplidium claviforme
Aplidium clivosum
Aplidium clivosum
Aplidium coei
Aplidium coei
Aplidium coeruleum
Aplidium coeruleum
Aplidium colelloides
Aplidium colelloides
Aplidium colini
Aplidium colini
Aplidium confusum
Aplidium confusum
Aplidium congregatum
Aplidium congregatum
Aplidium conicum
Aplidium conicum
Taxonomy
| Phylum |
Fish, Sharks & Rays (plus Sea Turtles & Whales)
Chordata
|
|---|---|
| Class |
Sea Squirts
Ascidiacea
|
| Order |
Aplousobranch Tunicates (Simple Colonial Sea Squirts)
Aplousobranchia
|
| Family |
Colonial Tunicates
Polyclinidae
|
Statistics
- Species 50