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About 3,000 species of tunicate exist in the world's oceans, living mostly in shallow water. The most numerous group is the ascidians; fewer than 100 species of these are found at depths greater than 200 m (660 ft). [12] Some are solitary animals leading a sessile existence attached to the seabed, but others are colonial and a few are pelagic.
A similar edible tunicate in the Mediterranean is Microcosmus sabatieri, also called a sea violet or sea fig. [11] There are concerns about the safety of eating P. chilensis, given its high concentration of vanadium, with up to 1.9 mg/kg found in dry blood plasma. [12] Vanadium is a heavy metal, considered toxic at any more than incidental ...
Botrylloides violaceus is a colonial ascidian.It is commonly known as the chain tunicate, [2] but has also been called several other common names, including: lined colonial tunicate, orange sheath tunicate, orange tunicate, and violet tunicate. [3]
A salp (pl.: salps, also known colloquially as “sea grape”) or salpa (pl.: salpae or salpas [2]) is a barrel-shaped, planktonic tunicate in the family Salpidae. It moves by contracting, thereby pumping water through its gelatinous body; it is one of the most efficient examples of jet propulsion in the animal kingdom. [3]
The predatory tunicate (Megalodicopia hians), also known as the ghostfish, [2] is a species of tunicate which lives anchored along deep-sea canyon walls and the seafloor.It is unique among other tunicates in that rather than being a filter feeder, it has adapted to life as an ambush predator.
Tunicate bibimbap is a specialty of Geoje Island, not far from Masan. [35] Microcosmus species from the Mediterranean Sea are eaten in France (figue de mer, violet), Italy (limone di mare, uova di mare) and Greece (fouska, φούσκα), for example, raw with lemon, or in salads with olive oil, lemon and parsley.
Botryllus schlosseri (star ascidian / golden star tunicate) Dendrodoa grossularia; Distomus variolosus; Polycarpa fibrosa ; Polycarpa gracilis; Polycarpa pomaria; Polycarpa scuba; Stolonica socialis; Styela clava (stalked sea squirt, club sea squirt, club tunicate, Asian tunicate, leathery sea squirt, rough sea squirt) Styela coriacea
Ciona intestinalis is a solitary tunicate with a cylindrical, soft, gelatinous body, up to 20 centimetres (8 in) long. The body colour and colour at the distal end of siphons are major external characters distinguishing sister species within the species complex.