California Sea Pork

Aplidium californicum

California Sea Pork

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.