-
relatives the ascidians, from
which they are
believed to have emerged,
thaliaceans are free-floating (pelagic) for
their entire lifespan. The
group includes...
-
permanently attached to
rocks or
other hard
surfaces on the
ocean floor.
Thaliaceans (pyrosomes, doliolids, and salps) and
larvaceans on the
other hand, swim...
- Brian; Field, John; Brodeur,
Richard (2019). "Distribution of
pelagic thaliaceans,
Thetys **** and
Pyrosoma atlanti****,
during a
period of m**** occurrence...
-
through the
atrial siphon. [citation needed] Some
authors now
include the
thaliaceans in Ascidiacea,
making it monophyletic. Sea
squirts are
rounded or cylindrical...
- size from less than one inch (2 cm) to 2.4
inches (6 cm). The
largest thaliacean,
Pyrosoma atlanti****, is
cylindrical and can grow up to 60 cm (2 ft) long...
- Series. 325: 43–58. Bibcode:2006MEPS..325...43T. doi:10.3354/meps325043.
Thaliaceans and the
carbon cycle Asper,
Vernon L. (1987). "Measuring the flux and...
-
water with
their carbon-rich, fast-sinking
fecal pellets and carc****es.
Thaliaceans (salps and doliolids) are
known to feed a
minimum of 202
marine species...
- "mucous-mesh grazers" or "mammoth grazers" has been
argued to be
shared with
thaliaceans (salps,
pyrosomes and doliolids) — all
using internal mucous structures...
- gregaria) and copepods. Cephalopods, bryozoans, mytilids, hydrozoans,
thaliaceans,
isopods and
polychaetes are also
consumed to a
lesser degree. This species...
- but it is
possible that the
gills were used for jet
propulsion like
thaliaceans. The
gills may have also been used in
filter feeding,
actively swallowing...
