Magnificent Ascidian (species: Botrylloides magnicoecum) in taxonomy (Gaia Guide)
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Botrylloides magnicoecum
Magnificent Ascidian


©John Turnbull: Magnificent Ascidian (Botrylloides magnicoecum)

©John Turnbull: Magnificent Ascidian (Botrylloides magnicoecum)

©John Turnbull: Magnificent Ascidian (Botrylloides magnicoecum)

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Kingdom Animalia
Phylum Chordata
Class Ascidiacea
Order Stolidobranchia
Family Styelidae
Genus Botrylloides
Species Botrylloides magnicoecum
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Behaviour

In colonial ascidians like this one, each tiny circle is the inlet syphon for a single animal or "zooid" in the colony. The zooids then share the communal outlet syphons at the top. (John Turnbull)

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