Sea squirts

sea squirt

Any of various sedentary tunicates of the class Ascidiacea, having a transparent sac-shaped body with two siphons. Also called ascidian.

[From its habit of squirting water when disturbed.]

sea squirt

(Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Animals) any minute primitive marine animal of the class Ascidiacea, most of which are sedentary, having a saclike body with openings through which water enters and leaves See also ascidian

sea squirt

Any of various tunicates of the class Ascidiacea, having a transparent sac-shaped body with two siphons. One of the siphons is used to draw water (carrying oxygen and food particles) into the body, while the other expels it. Sea squirts are free-swimming as larvae but sessile as adults. Like other tunicates, sea squirts are chordates, but they have a notochord only in the larval stage.

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sea squirt - ascidian that can contract its body and eject streams of water

ascidian - minute sedentary marine invertebrate having a saclike body with siphons through which water enters and leaves

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Ascidiaceae
ascidian
ascidian tadpole
class
class Ascidiaceae
cunjevoi
invertebrate
subphylum Tunicata
subphylum Urochorda
subphylum Urochordata
Tunicata
tunicate
Urochorda
Urochordata

The translucent creatures were sea squirts, animals that usually feed by pushing seawater through their bodies and filtering out plankton.

Jason encounters the carnivorous sea squirt by Nevala, Amy E.; Lippsett, Lonny / Oceanus

Other marine invertebrates include sea squirts, sea cucumbers, zoo plankton, lugworms and sea hares.

Keeping Invertebrates in Your Saltwater Fish Tank Aquarium by Janet Ashby / Pets and Animals community

Reptiles, amphibians, insects and even sea squirts have been found in the stomachs of wild devils, according to the Tasmanian Parks and Wildlife Service.

Tumours threaten Tasmanian devil population by guardian.co.uk / guardian.co.uk

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