These ascidians come in a variety of colours; there are sponges and other colonial animals (bryozoans and gorgonians?) in the shot too. Darwinella australiensis encrusts the ascidians
Summary[edit] Description: English: Narrow gaps and overhangs provide shelter for diverse invertevrates, Cape Peninsula. Date: February 2012. Source: Own work. Author: Peter Southwood.
Nature's amazing underwater garden again! Inside these ascidians is a small animal that siphons and filters water for food; you can see the orange siphon clearly on the basal ascidian down the bottom
Summary[edit] Description: English: Spiky sea squirts at Lorry Bay south of Gordon's Bay on the East side of False Bay. Date: 9 November 2008, 14:17:47. Source: Own work. Author: Peter Southwood.
Summary[edit] Description: English: Red bait pod at 18m depth at SURG Pinnacles. Date: 24 November 2013, 09:41:19. Source: Own work. Author: Peter Southwood.
Summary[edit] Description: English: Red bait at Castle Rocks on the Cape Peninsula. Date: 26 July 2008, 15:33:08. Source: Own work. Author: Peter Southwood.
Summary[edit] Description: English: Bryozoans and Red bait at the wreck of the SAS Pietermaritzburg at Miller's Point on the Cape Peninsula. Date: 26 July 2008, 12:28:13. Source: Own work. Author: Peter Southwood.
Summary[edit] Description: English: Several layers of marine organisms may co-exist in apparent harmony, Batsata Maze, Cape Peninsula. Date: October 2010. Source: Own work. Author: Peter Southwood.
"Longitude (deg): -2.4. Latitude (deg): 50.5. Longitude (deg/min): 2ð 30' W. Latitude (deg/min): 50ð 30' N. Vice county name: Dorset. Vice county no.: 9. Country: England. Stage: Adult. Identified by: Malcolm Storey. Comment: ""on seaweed stipe, near base"". Category: standard photograph or close-up. Background: white background. Where photo was taken: In an enamel dish. Photographic equipment used: Canon EOS400D dSLR with Tamron SP AF Di 90mm Macro 1:1 lens. "
Summary[edit] Description: English: Red bait, sponges and mussels on the reef at Cleeve's Tunnel, Cape Peninsula. Date: February 2011. Source: Own work. Author: Peter Southwood.