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Aplousobranchia
Suborder of marine animals in the tunicates subphylum / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Aplousobranchia is an order of sea squirts in the class Ascidiacea, first described by Fernando Lahille in 1886.[1][2] They are colonial animals, and are distinguished from other sea squirts by the presence of relatively simple pharyngeal baskets. This provides the etymology of their name: in ancient greek, ἁ.πλοος-ους (ha.ploos-ous) means "simple". The posterior part of the abdomen contains the heart and gonads, and is typically larger than in other sea squirts.
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Aplousobranchia | |
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Didemnum | |
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Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Subphylum: | Tunicata |
Class: | Ascidiacea |
Order: | Aplousobranchia Lahille, 1887 |
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Krikobranchiae |
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