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Larvaceans or
appendicularians,
class Appendicularia, are solitary, free-swimming
tunicates found throughout the world's oceans.
While larvaceans are filter...
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water caused by the Yucatán Current.
Oikopleura cophocerca, like
other appendicularians,
secretes a
mucus net
known as a "house" (Gr**** Oikos, house) inside...
- intestine. O.
dioica ****es are separate,
unlike in all
other known appendicularians, and the
ovary or
testes are at the rear of the body.
Oikopleura dioica...
- Sykes, Paul F. (1985). "Taxonomic
correlates of
bioluminescence among appendicularians (Urochordata: Larvacea)". The
Biological Bulletin. 168 (1): 125–134...
- Here,
digestive enzymes are
secreted and a
pyloric gland (absent in
appendicularians) adds
further secretions.
After digestion, the food is
moved on through...
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planktonic organisms.
Gelatinous organisms consumed include ctenop****s,
appendicularians and
other hydromedusae,
including rarely other Aequorea victoria if...
- Hole ate
chiefly copepods, and to a
lesser extent amphipods, salps,
appendicularians, and
young herring. Chub
mackerel follow thrown bait as
readily and...
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phytoplankton and bacteria.
Mucus secreted by
zooplankton (mostly salps,
appendicularians, and pteropods) also
contribute to the
constituents of
marine snow...
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Patricio and Jeffries, Richard. (2003).
Fossil evidence on the
origin of
appendicularians.
Paper read at
International Urochordate Meeting 2003.
Abstract at...
- (phytodetritus),
discarded appendicularian houses,
fecal matter and
other miscellaneous detrital particles,
Appendicularians secrete mucous feeding structures...
