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Anatomy and digestive process of the tunicate also known as a Sea Squirt.

Anatomy and digestive process of the tunicate also known as a Sea Squirt.
Anatomy and digestive process of the tunicate also known as a Sea Squirt.
Anatomy and digestive process of the tunicate also known as a Sea Squirt.
Anatomy and digestive process of the tunicate also known as a Sea Squirt.
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Doucette, Jayne H.
Anatomy and digestive process of the tunicate also known as a Sea Squirt.
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02/18/2005
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Originally drawn for Mary Carman and Amy Nevala, Oceanus on line.
Oceanus Flash interactive caption reads: Sea squirts are tunicates, a type of sea life with a firm, rubbery outer covering called a "tunic," from which the name derives. As each organism feeds on algae and bacteria, they suck water in through one pipe and push it out a second. These bursts of water gave it the name "sea squirt."
Oceanus Flash interactive has additional detailed information. Oceanus on line article posted: 04/07/2005.
Image of The Day caption:
Sea squirts are tunicates--a type of sea life with a firm, rubbery outer covering called a "tunic," from which the name derives. Sea squirts feed on algae and bacteria by sucking water in through one pipe and squirting it out a second...hence the animal's name. WHOI ecologist Mary Carman has been studying the prodigious (and troublesome) spread of these creatures through New England waters.
Illustration by Jayne Doucette, WHOI Graphic Services
© Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution
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