From Natural History of Southeast Alaska
Class
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Ascidiacea +
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Family
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Polyclinidae +
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Genus
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Synoicum +
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Order
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Aplousobranchia +
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Origination status is
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Native +
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Phylum
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Chordata +
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Scientific name is
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Synoicum pulmonaria +
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SpecificEpithet
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pulmonaria +
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Summary
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In the Pacific Ocean and Bering Sea, the s … In the Pacific Ocean and Bering Sea, the species Synoicum pulmonaria and its closely related taxa are known from very few collections.
We know only one collection in our area: a specimen collected in Whiting Harbor in April 2011 falls under that species, but it may be re-assigned to an as-yet undescribed taxon if the genus is revised.
Macroscopically, this Ascidian colony is globulous, about 3.5 centimeters tall and five centimeters across, with a short wide base. The tunic is transluccent and light orange, and the zooids a more intense reddish orange, and organized in systems of about seven zooids with a communal central excurrent siphon. with a communal central excurrent siphon. +
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TaxonRank
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species +
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Categories |
Marine Invertebrate +
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Modification dateThis property is a special property in this wiki.
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25 July 2013 10:00:54 +
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