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    A tunicate is a marine invertebrate animal, a member of the subphylum Tunicata (/ˌtjuːnɪˈkeɪtə/ TEW-nih-KAY-tə). It is part of the Chordata, a phylum which...
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    Salp (redirect from Salpa (tunicate))
    grape”) or salpa (plural salpae or salpas) is a barrel-shaped, planktonic tunicate in the family Salpidae. It moves by contracting, thereby pumping water...
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    The predatory tunicate (Megalodicopia hians), also known as the ghostfish, is a species of tunicate which lives anchored along deep-sea canyon walls and...
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    Styela clava (redirect from Asian tunicate)
    solitary, subtidal ascidian tunicate. It has a variety of common names such as the stalked sea squirt, clubbed tunicate, Asian tunicate, leathery sea squirt...
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    Pyura pachydermatina is a sea tulip, a solitary species of tunicate in the suborder Stolidobranchia. It is native to shallow waters around New Zealand...
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  • Bristly tunicate is a common name for several tunicates and may refer to: Boltenia villosa Halocynthia igaboja This page is an index of articles on animal...
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    membrane protease ATP23, which are exclusively shared by all vertebrates, tunicates and cephalochordates. These CSIs provide molecular means to reliably distinguish...
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  • Fritillaria is a genus of larvacean tunicates belonging to the family Fritillariidae. Fritillaria differs from other larvaceans like the well-studied...
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    ascidian tunicate. It is commonly known as the star tunicate, but it also has several other common names, including star ascidian and golden star tunicate. Colonies...
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    Clavelina moluccensis, common name bluebell tunicate, blue bell tunicate, or blue sea squirt is a species of tunicate (sea squirt), in the genus Clavelina (the...
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    chain tunicate, but has also been called several other common names, including: lined colonial tunicate, orange sheath tunicate, orange tunicate, and violet...
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    Ecteinascidia turbinata, commonly known as the mangrove tunicate, is a species of sea squirt species in the family Perophoridae. It was described to science...
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    Clavelina picta, common name the painted tunicate, is a species of tunicate (sea squirt), in the genus Clavelina (the "little bottles"). These animals...
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    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...
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    Thetys vagina, or the twin-sailed salp, is the largest known solitary species of salp and the only valid species of the genus Thetys.  First described...
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    Polyzoa is a genus of ascidian tunicates in the family Styelidae. Species within the genus Polyzoa include: Polyzoa atlantica Sanamyan et al., 2009 Polyzoa...
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    Thalia is a genus of tunicates belonging to the family Salpidae. The genus has almost cosmopolitan distribution. Species: Thalia cicar van Soest, 1973...
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    a species of colonial tunicate in the family Didemnidae. It is commonly called sea vomit, marine vomit, pancake batter tunicate, or carpet sea squirt...
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    of Corella inflata has been sequenced which has provided insight into tunicate evolution The World Register of Marine Species includes the following species...
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  • Memories of a Tunicate is an album by saxophonist Peter Brötzmann and cellist and electronic musician Fred Lonberg-Holm. Featuring seven free improvisations...
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    Diplosoma is a genus of tunicates belonging to the family Didemnidae. The genus has cosmopolitan distribution. Species: Diplosoma abbotti Eldredge, 1967...
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  • Heterostigma is a genus of ascidian tunicates in the family Pyuridae. Species within the genus Heterostigma include: Heterostigma fagei Monniot C. & Monniot...
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  • Folia is a genus of larvacean tunicates in the family Oikopleuridae. Vorberichte über die Appendicularien der Plankton-Expedition. H Lohmann, Ergebn....
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    corn forms glumes around each kernel which is caused by a mutation at the Tunicate locus. Because of its bizarre appearance, pod corn has had a religious...
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    the genera Allium, Hippeastrum, Narcissus, and Tulipa all have tunicate bulbs. Non-tunicate bulbs, such as Lilium and Fritillaria species, lack the protective...
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    red tunicate and Finmark's tunicate. It is native to shallow waters in the northern and northeastern Pacific Ocean. This is a solitary tunicate, which...
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    reproduction at low population density. Botryllus schlosseri is a colonial tunicate able to reproduce both sexually and asexually. B. schlosseri is a sequential...
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  • Vitrumidae (redirect from Vitrum (tunicate))
    Vitrum is a genus of tunicates. It is the only genus in the family Vitrumidae in the order Aplousobranchia. "Vitrumidae". www.gbif.org. Retrieved 10 June...
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  • deposits of China, and was initially compared to the tunicates. It was originally described as a tunicate, though, this identification has been questioned...
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    the gold-mouth sea squirt or the ink-spot sea squirt, is a species of tunicate in the family Styelidae. Polycarpa aurata grows to a height of 5 to 15 cm...
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