Sea Squirt, Orange Colonial  
Aplidium sp.
Photos:

Rocky Shore
Filter Feeder
World Wide
Unknown Edibility
Hand Sized
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Category: Invertebrate
Phylum: Urochordata
Class: Ascidiacea
Family: Polyclinidae

Notes
Each pale speck is one individual in the colony. Found sub-tidally on rocks and occasionally on the blades or red seaweeds. Filters small plankton out of the water column.


References
A Guide to the Plants and Animals of the New Zealand Marine Studies Centre: McKinnon
University of Otago 2013
Last Update: 24 April 2013