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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 ...
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Clavelina moluccensis, the bluebell tunicate Botrylloides violaceus showing oral tentacles at openings of buccal siphons. 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]
Internal anatomy of a generalised tunicate. ... Pelagic tunicates (free-swimming) ... 64 fig. PDF (2 Mo) External links
The Doliolida are an order of small marine chordates of the subphylum Tunicata.They are in the class Thaliacea, which also includes the salps and pyrosomes. [1] [2] The doliolid body is small, typically 1–2 mm long, and barrel-shaped; it features two wide siphons, one at the front and the other at the back end, and eight or nine circular muscle strands reminiscent of barrel bands.
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.
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Ciona intestinalis (sometimes known by the common name of vase tunicate) is an ascidian (sea squirt), a tunicate with very soft tunic. Its Latin name literally means "pillar of intestines", referring to the fact that its body is a soft, translucent column-like structure, resembling a mass of intestines sprouting from a rock. [ 1 ]