This green crust is composed of thousands of miniature individual sea squirts, Botrylloides leachi, which live together in a common covering (tunic). This species forms flat gelatinous sheets on stones, shells and even large seaweeds.
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NIWA – National Institute of Water and Atmospheric Research
Photograph by Mike Page
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