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Botryllus schlosseri is a colonial ascidian tunicate. It is commonly known as the star tunicate, [2] but it also has several other common names, including star ascidian and golden star tunicate. [3] [4] Colonies grow on slow-moving, submerged objects, plants, and animals in nearshore saltwater environments.
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
References A adhesive organ 1. An organ present at the anterior end of ascidian larvae, serving to attach the larva to the substrate during its metamorphosis. It is usually made of three papillae. 2. The individual papillae. atrium atrial pore atrial siphon Also excurrent siphon or exhalant siphon. Opening through which water exits the branchial basket in ascidians. B blastozooid Sexual ...
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] Its native range is in the northwest Pacific from southern China to Japan and Siberia. [4]
Ascidiacea, commonly known as the ascidians or sea squirts, is a paraphyletic class in the subphylum Tunicata of sac-like marine invertebrate filter feeders. [2] Ascidians are characterized by a tough outer test or "tunic" made of the polysaccharide cellulose. Ascidians are found all over the world, usually in shallow water with salinities over ...
While humans wouldn’t be very happy to find that organisms were growing on their skin, particularly fungi, algae, and insects, it works out pretty well for sloths. Sloths may be hosting entire ...
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Golden banded wedge bean clam, ... Serpent star, Ophiura ophiura; ... Golden star ascidian, Botryllus schlosseri; Vase tunicate, Ciona intestinalis; Plants