Magnificent tunicate


Posted by ChrisRoss on Mon Oct 17, 2016 8:36 pm

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Magnificent tunicate  Botrylloides magnicoecum

From the dive on the weekend, this was at Henry Head just inside Botany Bay heads  Tunicates are the most primitive member of the Phylum Chordata which is animals with backbones.  As a larvae they briefly possess a notochord or beginnings of a spinal chord before they reabsorb it and settle down on a rock for a life of filter feeding.

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Olympus OM-D E- M5 II + 12-40mm f2.8 @17mm: Nauticam housing 2x INON strobe.

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by Matthew Pugh on Tue Oct 18, 2016 5:40 am
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Hi

A splendid shot of something I know nothing about lol; Seriously though you are getting some great underwater images


All the best
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by Tom Whelan on Tue Oct 18, 2016 11:49 am
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Excellent image of an unusual creature - love the patterns on the tunicate.
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by SMB on Thu Oct 20, 2016 11:16 pm
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Another good one.
You need to go back to these sites with your macro set up! These Tunicates are amazing with 1:1 macro.
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