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Larvaceans or appendicularians,
class Appendicularia, are solitary, free-swimming
tunicates found throughout the world's oceans.
While larvaceans are...
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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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chordates with a skull);
Tunicata or
Urochordata (sea squirts, salps, and
larvaceans),
which only
retain the
synapomorphies during their larval stage; and...
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Appendicularia is a
genus of
larvaceans in the
family Fritillariidae. The
genus name
Appendicularia was
originally coined by
Chamisso and
Eysenhardt in...
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Phylactolaemata Stenolaemata Sagittoidea Leptocardii (lancelet)
Appendicularia (
larvaceans)
Ascidiacea (sea squirts,
paraphyletic with
respect to Thaliacea) Thaliacea...
- Tunicata/Urochordata (sea squirts, salps,
larvaceans) Craniata Vertebrata ...
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ocean floor.
Thaliaceans (pyrosomes, doliolids, and salps) and
larvaceans on the
other hand, swim in the
pelagic zone of the sea as adults. Various...
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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 Oikopleura...
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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...
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length including the tail. It can be
distinguished from
other giant larvaceans by its
bright blue tail margin. "WoRMS -
World Register of
Marine Species...
