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Phylum Urochordata
Tunicates
or Sea Squirts
| Sea Squirts are filter-feeding animals that are abundant in all
oceans, attached to firm surfaces or drifting as zooplankton (salps).
They range from single animals, colonies of individuals, to compound
forms within a common tunic. Larvae possess a notochord therefore they are
related to vertebrates. They may be distinguished from sponges
because of the tough outer skin or tunic. Most are difficult to
identify beyond family or genus. |
HAWAII
| Didemnum spp.
DIDEMNUM
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Eudistoma
spp.
EUDISTOMA
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| Botryllus spp.
BOTRYLLUS
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Diazona
spp.
DIAZONA
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| Herdmania momus
HERDMAN'S SEA SQUIRT
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Benthic
species
SPECIES NOT IDENTIFIED
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| Pyrosoma atlanticum
PYROSOME
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Pelagic species
SALPS
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NORTHEAST PACIFIC
| Cnemidocarpa fismarkiensis
SOLITARY TUNICATE
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