Robyn J. Waayers, USA
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Aplidium stellatum (Verrill, 1871)
Sea Pork regularly appears after storms on Atlantic beaches from Maine to Florida and along the Gulf of Mexico. It is a marine filter feeder which attaches itself hard substrates such as docks, pilings, boat bottoms and jetties
When alive, reddish coloured zooids are embedded in its pink (sometimes orange) tunic. After death, with zooids absent, the tunic bleaches to a grayish to whitish colour, resembling salt pork or fatback, hence the common name. Sea pork
Synonymised names:
Amaroecium stellatum Verrill, 1871 (literature misspelling)
Amaroucium stellatum Verrill, 1871 (original combination)
Amoroecium stellatum Verrill, 1871 (literature misspelling)
Amouroucium stellatum Verrill, 1871 (incorrect original spelling)
Sea Pork regularly appears after storms on Atlantic beaches from Maine to Florida and along the Gulf of Mexico. It is a marine filter feeder which attaches itself hard substrates such as docks, pilings, boat bottoms and jetties
When alive, reddish coloured zooids are embedded in its pink (sometimes orange) tunic. After death, with zooids absent, the tunic bleaches to a grayish to whitish colour, resembling salt pork or fatback, hence the common name. Sea pork
Synonymised names:
Amaroecium stellatum Verrill, 1871 (literature misspelling)
Amaroucium stellatum Verrill, 1871 (original combination)
Amoroecium stellatum Verrill, 1871 (literature misspelling)
Amouroucium stellatum Verrill, 1871 (incorrect original spelling)
