19.1 Velutina velutina

19.1 Velutina velutina

V. velutina with two egg capsules inserted into test of Ascidia virginea. Each capsule contains hundreds of unshelled ova in an albuminous fluid. The transparent plug is freed from the opening for the planktonic bilobed veliger larvae to escape. Sublittoral. Loch Fyne, Scotland. February 2015 © J. Lynott.