27 Tectura virginea. Anglesey, Wales. March 2014.

27 Tectura virginea. Anglesey, Wales. March 2014.

Occurs and feeds on pink Lithothamnion algae encrusting bedrock and stable stones. Grazed area (bottom left) pocked with feeding pits and initially paler-pink than undamaged surface but later bleaching white (bottom right).

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