Appendicularia

Ap`pen`dic`u`la´ri`a

n.

1.

(Zool.) A genus of small free-swimming Tunicata, shaped somewhat like a tadpole, and remarkable for resemblances to the larvæ of other Tunicata. It is the type of the order Copelata or Larvalia. See Illustration in Appendix.

Thesaurus

Noun

1.

appendicularia - free-swimming tadpole-shaped pelagic tunicate resembling larvae of other tunicates tunicate, urochord, urochordate - primitive marine animal having a saclike unsegmented body and a urochord that is conspicuous in the larva genus Appendicularia - a genus of chordates in the class Larvacea