Sea Squirts
Common Name: Sea Squirts
Scientific Name: Ciona interstinalis
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Ascidiacea
Other Taxonomy: Subphylum: Tunicata
Specimen #:24
Circumstance: Observed in lab
Specimen Condition: Specimen was dead
Location: Alfred bio lab
Typical Habitat: Most adult tunicates are sessile and attached to rocks or similarly suitable surfaces on the ocean floor; others such as salps, doliolids and pyrosomes swim in the pelagic zone as adults.
Invasive? not invasive
Natural area of growth: Most adult tunicates are sessile and attached to rocks or similarly suitable surfaces on the ocean floor; others such as salps, doliolids and pyrosomes swim in the pelagic zone as adults.
Relationship with humans: no relationship
Sources:http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tunicate
Scientific Name: Ciona interstinalis
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Ascidiacea
Other Taxonomy: Subphylum: Tunicata
Specimen #:24
Circumstance: Observed in lab
Specimen Condition: Specimen was dead
Location: Alfred bio lab
Typical Habitat: Most adult tunicates are sessile and attached to rocks or similarly suitable surfaces on the ocean floor; others such as salps, doliolids and pyrosomes swim in the pelagic zone as adults.
Invasive? not invasive
Natural area of growth: Most adult tunicates are sessile and attached to rocks or similarly suitable surfaces on the ocean floor; others such as salps, doliolids and pyrosomes swim in the pelagic zone as adults.
Relationship with humans: no relationship
Sources:http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tunicate