Definition of Pyrosome. Meaning of Pyrosome. Synonyms of Pyrosome

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Definition of Pyrosome

Pyrosome
Pyrosome Pyr"o*some, n. [Pyro- + -some body.] (Zo["o]l.) Any compound ascidian of the genus Pyrosoma. The pyrosomes form large hollow cylinders, sometimes two or three feet long, which swim at the surface of the sea and are very phosphorescent.

Meaning of Pyrosome from wikipedia

- Pyrosomes are free-floating colonial tunicates in family Pyrosomatidae. There are three genera, Pyrosoma, Pyrosomella and Pyrostremma, and eight species...
- directly connected by tissue (e.g. corals, Catenulida, Siphonophorae, Pyrosome or Ectoprocta) or share a common exoskeleton (e.g. Bryozoa or Pterobranchia)...
- marine chordates within the subphylum Tunicata, comprising the salps, pyrosomes and doliolids. Unlike their benthic relatives the ascidians, from which...
- Salicornia virginica, native to North America Sesuvium portulacastrum Pyrosome, cone-shaped colonies that inhabit the upper layers of the open ocean Samphire...
- Pyrosoma aherniosum is a species of pyrosome in the genus Pyrosoma. It was first described in 1895 by Oswald Seeliger from material collected on the Plankton...
- genus of pyrosomes, marine colonial tunicates in the class Thaliacea. It contains four pelagic species found in temperate waters worldwide. Pyrosomes are filter...
- Pyrosomella is a genus of pyrosome that is usually smaller than typical pyrosoma. They are less than a centimeter to several meters long. They are most...
- Pyrostremma is a genus of marine pyrosome containing 2 species. Pyrostremma contains the following species: Pyrostremma ag****izi (Ritter & Byxbee, 1905)...
- class Ascidiacea (sea squirts) class Thaliacea (salps, doliolids and pyrosomes) class Appendicularia (larvaceans) Subphylum Vertebrata (Craniata) (vertebrates...
- cephalodiscids and graptolites (Hemichordata) Lancelets (Amphioxiformes) Salps, pyrosomes, doliolids, larvaceans and sea squirts (Tunicata) Cycliophora (currently...