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Tunicate
Tunicate Tu"ni*cate, Tunicated Tu"ni*ca`ted, a. [L.
tunicatus, p. p. of tunicare to clothe with a tunic, fr.
tunica a tunic.]
1. (Bot.) Covered with a tunic; covered or coated with
layers; as, a tunicated bulb.
2. (Zo["o]l.)
(a) Having a tunic, or mantle; of or pertaining to the
Tunicata.
(b) Having each joint buried in the preceding
funnel-shaped one, as in certain antenn[ae] of
insects.
Tunicate
Tunicate Tu"ni*cate, n. (Zo["o]l.)
One of the Tunicata.
Meaning of Tunicates from wikipedia
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tunicates possess a notochord, a
hollow dorsal nerve cord,
pharyngeal slits, post-anal tail, and an endostyle. They
resemble a tadpole.
Tunicates are...
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includes the
craniates and
tunicates. The
matter is not yet settled. A
specific relationship between vertebrates and
tunicates is also
strongly supported...
- across.
Predatory tunicates are hermaphrodites,
producing both eggs and
sperm which drift into the water. If
there are no
other tunicates nearby, they can...
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Bristly tunicate is a
common name for
several tunicates and may
refer to:
Boltenia villosa Halocynthia igaboja This page is an
index of
articles on animal...
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possibly sedentary-pelagic. A
rudimentary neural crest is
present in
tunicates,
implying its
presence in the
olfactores ancestor also, as vertebrates...
- solitary, free-swimming
tunicates found throughout the world's oceans.
While larvaceans are
filter feeders like most
other tunicates, they keep
their tadpole-like...
- carboxyl-terminal hydrolase). A
specific relationship between vertebrates and
tunicates is
supported by two
molecular markers, the
proteins Rrp44 (****ociated...
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intestinalis (sometimes
known by the
common name of vase
tunicate) is an
ascidian (sea squirt), a
tunicate with very soft tunic. Its
Latin name
literally means...
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Tunicates, such as ascidians,
salps and sea squirts, are
chordates which form a
sister group to the vertebrates.
Nearly all
tunicates are suspension...
- This
article contains a list of all of the
classes and
orders that are
located in the
Phylum Chordata. The
subphyla Tunicata and
Vertebrata are in the...
