Class

Ascidiacea (Sea squirts)

Styela montereyensis. Photo: (c) Alison Young, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)

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Ascidiacea (commonly known as the ascidians or sea squirts) is a paraphyletic class in the subphylum Tunicata of sac-like marine invertebrate filter feeders. Ascidians are characterized by a tough outer “tunic” made of the polysaccharide cellulose.

Humboldt Life
- Kingdom: Animalia (Animals)
  - Phylum: Chordata (Chordates)
    - Subphylum: Tunicata (Tunicates)
      - Class: Ascidiacea (Sea squirts)
        Order: Phlebobranchia (1)
        Order: Stolidobranchia (3)
        Order: Aplousobranchia (4)

Subtaxa

Order: Phlebobranchia

Order: Stolidobranchia

Order: Aplousobranchia

Where in Humboldt

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