Class

Ascidiacea (Sea squirts)

Aplidium solidum. Photo: (c) karin fletcher, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)

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.

— Wikipedia

Subtaxa

Where in Humboldt



Discussion

PLEASE SHARE YOUR THOUGHTS ABOUT ASCIDIACEA, THE SEA SQUIRTS