From Natural History of Southeast Alaska
| Class
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Ascidiacea +
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| Common name is
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Disc-top tunicate +
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| Documentation requested
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false +
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| Family
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Corellidae +
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| Found at
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Jamestown Bay +
, Whiting Harbor +
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| Genus
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Chelyosoma +
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| Order
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Phlebobranchia +
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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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Chelyosoma productum +
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| SpecificEpithet
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productum +
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| Summary
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This species has "flaps" which seal off th … This species has "flaps" which seal off the siphons when closed, and at a microscopic level can be identified by the spiral rows of stigmata. It is hard when pulled out of the water, and differs from other ascidians by having a flat disc on top, which is organized in about sixteen plates (plus the siphon plates), as opposed to the twelve plates of ''[[Chelyosoma columbianum]]'', which is described from British Columbia and the Western Pacific (Sanamyan 1998).
Also, ''C. columbianum'' has thin margins around the disk-top, and around each plate.round the disk-top, and around each plate. +
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| TaxonRank
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species +
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| Has queryThis property is a special property in this wiki.
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Chelyosoma productum +
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, Chelyosoma productum +
, Chelyosoma productum +
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, Chelyosoma productum +
, Chelyosoma productum +
, Chelyosoma productum +
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| Categories |
Marine Invertebrate +
, Species +
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| Modification dateThis property is a special property in this wiki.
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25 July 2013 09:11:29 +
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| Has subobjectThis property is a special property in this wiki.
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Chelyosoma productum +
, Chelyosoma productum +
, Chelyosoma productum +
, Chelyosoma productum +
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