- the
class Thaliacea,
which also
includes the
salps and pyrosomes. The
doliolid body is small,
typically 1–2 mm long, and barrel-shaped; it
features two...
-
chordates within the
subphylum Tunicata,
comprising the salps,
pyrosomes and
doliolids.
Unlike their benthic relatives the ascidians, from
which they are believed...
- with the
possible exception of the
seriation of the gill slits. However,
doliolids still display segmentation of the
muscle bands. Some
tunicates live as...
- squirts;
paraphyletic as
thaliaceans are excluded)
class Thaliacea (salps,
doliolids and pyrosomes)
class Appendicularia (larvaceans)
Subphylum Vertebrata...
-
water with
salinities over 2.5%.
While members of the
Thaliacea (salps,
doliolids and pyrosomes) and
Appendicularia (larvaceans) swim
freely like plankton...
- stimulated.
Doliolida (Doliolida) The
largest doliolida is
Doliolida The
doliolid body is small,
typically 1–2 cm long, and barrel-shaped; it
features two...
-
paraphyletic with
respect to Thaliacea)
Thaliacea (salps, pyrosomes, and
doliolids)
Myxini (hagfish)
Petromyzontida (lamprey)
Chondrichthyes (cartilaginous...
- Pteropoda; Chaetognaths;
Euphausiacea (krill); Medusae; ctenop****s; salps,
doliolids and
pyrosomes (pelagic Tunicata); Cephalopoda;
Janthina and
Recluzia (two...
-
graptolites (Hemichordata)
Lancelets (Amphioxiformes) Salps, pyrosomes,
doliolids,
larvaceans and sea
squirts (Tunicata)
Cycliophora The
earliest animal...
-
contractions of
transverse muscles in the body wall for this purpose.
Doliolids also have
circular muscles, the
sudden contraction of
which cause them...
