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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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    the giant larvaceans, is a genus of larvacean tunicates in the family Oikopleuridae. They are much larger than other genera of larvaceans, ranging from...
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  • Melastomataceae Larvacean, an animal of the class Appendicularia in the subphylum Tunicata Appendicularia (animal genus), a genus in the larvacean family Fritillariidae...
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    birds and mammals); Tunicata or Urochordata (sea squirts, salps, and larvaceans); and Cephalochordata (lancelets). The Vertebrates and Tunicates compose...
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  • Bathochordaeus mcnutti, the blue-tailed giant larvacean, is a species of larvacean in the family Oikopleuridae. Found in the North Pacific Ocean, it is...
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    Bathochordaeus charon is a species of giant larvacean, a solitary, free-swimming tunicate that filter feeds in surface waters. The species was named after...
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  • Mesochordaeus is a genus of oikopleurid larvacean, related to Bathochordaeus. Mesochordaeus is a comparatively large larvacean, with a tail length reaching up...
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  • Bathochordaeus stygius is a species of larvacean in the family Oikopleuridae. "WoRMS - World Register of Marine Species - Bathochordaeus stygius Garstang...
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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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  • Kowalevskia is a genus of larvacean tunicates, the only one in the family Kowalevskiidae. Kowalevskia oceanica Lohmann, 1899 Kowalevskia tenuis Fol, 1872...
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