A very large and well-known solitary ascidian with a thick opaque-white test covered in a wrinkled dark-brown skin.
The flesh, which can be pink to bright-red, is commonly used by anglers as bait, hence the common name.About 15 cm high, but can reach the size of a rugby ball.
Very common on the open coast, where it forms extensive sheets coating the rocks from low tide to about 10 meter deep. Also forms loose boulder-like masses on the seabed or even develops root-like extensions and buries in sheltered sands.
Two Oceans : A Guide to the Marine Life of Southern Africa (1994).
Commensal copepods, amphipods and pea crabs can be found in the pharynx.
F*CK FISH 