Leache's compound ascidian - Botrylloides leachi
Description:
A colony of tiny filter feeders all sharing a common matrix; you can see the filtering / pumping mechanisms inside the big siphons
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- Life (creatures)
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- Eukaryota (eukaryotes)
- Opisthokonta (opisthokonts)
- Metazoa (Animal)
- Bilateria
- Deuterostomia (deuterostomes)
- Chordata (Chordates)
- Tunicata (tunicates)
- Ascidiacea (Ascidian)
- Stolidobranchia
- Styelidae
- Botrylloides
- Botrylloides leachii
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