California Sea Pork
Aplidium californicum
- Group: Other
- Max size: 2 cm
California sea pork forms flat, rubbery sheets of jelly that encrust rocks, pilings and floats, each colony only a centimetre or two across. What looks like one slab is in fact a crowd of tiny filter feeding animals sharing a common body.
Taxonomy: Animalia › Chordata › Ascidiacea › Aplousobranchia › Polyclinidae › Aplidium
Species data via the World Register of Marine Species (WoRMS), AphiaID 249827.
FAQ
- How big does the California Sea Pork get?
- The California Sea Pork grows to about 2 cm.