A fresh specimen of elephant ear washed ashore. Unknown location, South Africa (2021). A large colonial ascidian that consists of a large fleshy disk, often cream or pink in colour, on a thin short brown wrinkled stalk. Zooids robust arranged on the outer layer of the test and opening separately on the surface of the… Continue reading Elephant ear (Gynandrocarpa placenta)
Tag: Ascidians
Red bait (Pyura stolonifera)
Detached red bait found on the rocky shores. Unknown location, South Africa (2021). 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… Continue reading Red bait (Pyura stolonifera)
F*CK FISH 