Marine Nuisance Species, Didemnum vexillum, a colonial tunicate; ascidian; sea squirt

Map location no.	Location name or station no.	Location abbrev. (2nd part of image filename)	Region	Country	Lat	Lon	Water depth, m	Water temp. deg C	Substrate type	Comment
9	Whangamata Harbour	WMH	Whangamata, North Island	NZ	37 deg 11 min S	175 deg 53 min E	0-4	9-21	wharf piles, mooring lines, vessel hulls	Collected by Brain Coffey. Oct. 2001. Identified by Patricia Mather (Kott)
10	Tauranga Harbour	TH	Tauranga, North Island	NZ	49 deg 00 min S	176 deg 10 min E	0-10	9-21	wharf piles, mooring lines, vessel hulls	Collected by Brain Coffey; identified by Brain Coffey and Ashley Coutts. No images from this location shown on website.
11	Shakespeare Bay	SB	Picton, Marlborough sounds, South Island	NZ	41 deg 16 min S	174 deg 00 min E	0-16	8-20	wharf piles, mooring lines, vessel hulls, and rocky/cobble seabed	Collected by Mike Page; identified by Patricia Mather (Kott). Prefers artificial structures in shaded areas (e.g. under wharfs, vessels). 2002-2003. For specific dates, see image captions.
13	Picton	PIC	Picton, Marlborough sounds, South Island	NZ	42 deg 16 min S	174 deg 00 min E			vessel hull	Collected and identified by Ahsley Coutts. May 2003. Colony found on a barge (Waimarie I) that was infected during anchorage next to the barge Steel Mariner between January and March 2001.
52	Waimahara Wharf	WW	Shakespeare Bay, Picton, South Island	NZ	41 deg 16.65 min S (approx.)	174 deg 00.10 min E (approx.)	1-5		metal and concrete wharf pilings	Waimahara Wharf, Shakespeare Bay, Picton, NZ. Photographed Mar. 24, 2005. Identified by A. Coutts.
67	Shakespeare Bay 2	SB2	Picton, Marlborough Sounds, South Island	NZ	41 deg 16.1 min S (approx.)	174 deg 0.2 min E (approx.)			mussel lines and mussels on seabed	Overgrowing mussel lines and encrusting mussels on seabed; Queen Charlotte College Aquaculture Academy mussel lines. Identified by A. Coutts, Jan. 30, 2006.
67	Shakespeare Bay 2	SB2	Picton, Marlborough Sounds, South Island	NZ	41 deg 16.1 min S (approx.)	174 deg 0.2 min E (approx.)			mussel floats and lines	Overgrowing mussel floats, lines, and mussels; Queen Charlotte College Aquaculture Academy mussel lines. Identified by J. Whitehead, Mar. 22, 2006.
67	Shakespeare Bay 2	SB2	Picton, Marlborough Sounds, South Island	NZ	41 deg 16.1 min S (approx.)	174 deg 0.2 min E (approx.)	1.5-5.5		mussel lines	Overgrowing mussel lines, and mussels; Queen Charlotte College Aquaculture Academy mussel lines. Identified by J. Whitehead, Mar. 29, 2006.
68	Otanerau Bay	OTB	Arapawa Island, South Island	NZ	41 deg 10.23 min S (approx.)	174 deg 19.10 min E (approx.)			salmon enclosure nets and mussels	Overgrowing blue mussels and salmon enclosure nets on salmon cages in Otanerau Bay, Arapawa Island, NZ. Identified by A. Coutts, Feb.25, 2006.

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Didemnum vexillum - New Zealand Coast Locations