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Conjevoi (Sea Squirt)
These are tunicates/ascidians which appeared like clumps of collapsed "sand-crusted" sacs stuck to a sea fan. Each sac had two openings with scalloped edges - one on top and the other to the side (inhalant & exhalant siphons). The sacs seemed to have a reddish tinge. The inside of each sac had organs which were red in colour with a brown segment towards the base. The organs seemed to be covered by mucilaginous substance.
These sea squirts were found washed ashore in large numbers, along the beach in the Mornington Peninsula, Victoria. The only species of cunjevoi found here.
''Pyura stolonifera'', commonly known in South Africa as "red bait", is a sessile ascidian, or sea squirt, that lives in coastal waters attached to rocks or artificial structures. Sea squirts are named for their habit of squirting a stream of water from their exhalant siphons when touched at low tide.
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