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Didemnum vexillum - Waimahara Wharf, Picton, New Zealand, Images


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March 24, 2005
Image PB_WW_NZ016, D. vexillum fouling on the hull of a barge in Picton.
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Image PB_WW_NZ016. Tunicate colonies of Didemnum vexillum encrusting metal piling; quadrat sampling shown. Waimahara Wharf, Shakespeare Bay, Picton, NZ (approx. 41 deg 16.65 min S, approx. 174 deg 00.10 min E). Water depth 5 m. March 24, 2005. Identified by A. Coutts (CI). Photo credit Paul Barter (CI). Location no. 52.
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Image PB_WW_NZ017, D. vexillum fouling on the hull of a barge in Picton.
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Image PB_WW_NZ017. Tunicate colonies of Didemnum vexillum encrusting metal piling; looking upward toward sea surface. Waimahara Wharf, Shakespeare Bay, Picton, NZ (approx. 41 deg 16.65 min S, approx. 174 deg 00.10 min E). Water depth 3 m. March 24, 2005. Identified by A. Coutts (CI). Photo credit Paul Barter (CI). Location no. 52.
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Image PB_WW_NZ018, D. vexillum fouling on the hull of a barge in Picton.
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Image PB_WW_NZ018. Tunicate colonies of Didemnum vexillum encrusting metal piling; looking downward toward seabed; note colony tendrils hanging down. Waimahara Wharf, Shakespeare Bay, Picton, NZ (approx. 41 deg 16.65 min S, approx. 174 deg 00.10 min E). Water depth 5 m. March 24, 2005. Identified by A. Coutts (CI). Photo credit Paul Barter (CI). Location no. 52.
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Image PB_WW_NZ019, D. vexillum fouling on the hull of a barge in Picton.
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Image PB_WW_NZ019. Tunicate colony of Didemnum vexillum encrusting metal piling; colony tendril hanging down. Waimahara Wharf, Shakespeare Bay, Picton, NZ (approx. 41 deg 16.65 min S, approx. 174 deg 00.10 min E). Water depth 1 m. March 24, 2005. Identified by A. Coutts (CI). Photo credit Paul Barter (CI). Location no. 52.
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Image PB_WW_NZ020, D. vexillum fouling on the hull of a barge in Picton.
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Image PB_WW_NZ020. Tunicate colonies of Didemnum vexillum encrusting metal piling (close up) and overgrowing mussels. Waimahara Wharf, Shakespeare Bay, Picton, NZ (approx. 41 deg 16.65 min S, approx. 174 deg 00.10 min E). Water depth 1 m. March 24, 2005. Identified by A. Coutts (CI). Photo credit Paul Barter (CI). Location no. 52.
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Image PB_WW_NZ021, D. vexillum fouling on the hull of a barge in Picton.
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Image PB_WW_NZ021. Tunicate colony of Didemnum vexillum encrusting concrete piling (close up). Waimahara Wharf, Shakespeare Bay, Picton, NZ (approx. 41 deg 16.65 min S, approx. 174 deg 00.10 min E). Water depth 3 m. March 24, 2005. Identified by A. Coutts (CI). Photo credit Paul Barter (CI). Location no. 52.
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Image AC_WW_NZ022, D. vexillum fouling on the hull of a barge in Picton.
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Image AC_WW_NZ022. Aerial photo showing the locations of Waimahara Wharf on Shakespeare Bay and Picton, NZ. Location no. 52.
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