-
length including the tail,
although giant larvaceans can
reach up to 10 cm (3.9 in) in length.
Larvaceans are
known for the
large houses they
build around...
-
chordates with a skull);
Tunicata or
Urochordata (sea squirts, salps, and
larvaceans),
which only
retain the
synapomorphies during their larval stage; and...
-
genera of
larvaceans,
ranging from 3 to 10
centimeters in
total length, with
houses reaching more than 1
meter in diameter.
Giant larvaceans are widespread...
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Phylactolaemata Stenolaemata Sagittoidea Leptocardii (lancelet)
Appendicularia (
larvaceans)
Ascidiacea (sea squirts,
paraphyletic with
respect to Thaliacea) Thaliacea...
-
Appendicularia is a
genus of
larvaceans in the
family Fritillariidae. The
genus name
Appendicularia was
originally coined by
Chamisso and
Eysenhardt in...
- on the
ocean floor.
Thaliaceans (pyrosomes, doliolids, and salps) and
larvaceans on the
other hand, swim in the
pelagic zone of the sea as adults. Various...
-
Oikopleura is a
genus of
tunicates in the
class Appendicularia (
larvaceans). It
forms a
mucus house every four
hours at 20
degrees Celsius. This house...
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motility (most
aquatic larvae) or
limited motility (e.g. jellyfish, salps,
larvaceans, and
escape responses of copepods),
causing them to be
mostly carried...
- from
other families,
being shaped as long,
narrow slits.
Uniquely among larvaceans, Kowalevskia's
house is
ellipsoidal or
toroidal in shape, 1 to 2 cm in...
- (Hemichordata)
Lancelets (Amphioxiformes) Salps, pyrosomes, doliolids,
larvaceans and sea
squirts (Tunicata)
Cycliophora (currently a
monogeneric phylum)...
