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Tunicate

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Appendicularia 76% connected

A genus of small free-swimming Tunicata, shaped somewhat like a tadpole, and remarkable for resemblances to the larvae of other Tunicata. It is the t…

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Ascidian 76% connected

One of the Ascidioidea, or in a more general sense, one of the Tunicata. Also as an adj.

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Doliolum 76% connected

A genus of freeswimming oceanic tunicates, allied to Salpa, and having alternate generations.

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Salp 76% connected

Any species of Salpa, or of the family Salpidae.

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Salpa 76% connected

A genus of transparent, tubular, free-swimming oceanic tunicates found abundantly in all the warmer latitudes. See Illustration in Appendix.

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Urochord 92% connected

The central axis or cord in the tail of larval ascidians and of certain adult tunicates.

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