From Natural History of Southeast Alaska
| Best found at
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Halibut Point Rec +
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| Class
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Ascidiacea +
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| Common name is
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Orange Social Tunicate +
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| Documentation requested
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false +
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| Family
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Styelidae +
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| Found at
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Halibut Point Rec +
, John Brown's Beach +
, Sealing Cove Harbor +
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| Genus
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Metandrocarpa +
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| Order
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Stolidobranchia +
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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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Metandrocarpa taylori +
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| SpecificEpithet
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taylori +
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| Summary
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Like all tunicates, this one is like us in … Like all tunicates, this one is like us in that it has a notochord in the larval stage, but beyond that fun fact, it also is like strawberries in that it develops asexually via stolons. This places it in the colonial tunicates, but it really isn't colonial since it does not have a common tunic or excurrent siphon. It is a bit like [[Perophora annectens|Yellow social tunicate (''Perophora annectens'')]], except that that species is more transparent, lighter in color, and quite a bit smaller (Each ''M. taylori'' zooid is about half a millimeter high, as opposed to the three millimeters of the sea grapes). This species is usually orange, but can be yellowish.
These are sometimes found as fouling organisms on floating man-made structures, but they are often so common on rocks at low tide as to smother parts of them, especially in recessed areas where large rocks are piled on top of each other and there is a fair bit of current. other and there is a fair bit of current. +
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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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Metandrocarpa taylori +
, Metandrocarpa taylori +
, Metandrocarpa taylori +
, Metandrocarpa taylori +
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, Metandrocarpa taylori +
, Metandrocarpa taylori +
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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 09:39:12 +
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| Has subobjectThis property is a special property in this wiki.
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Metandrocarpa taylori +
, Metandrocarpa taylori +
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