Looks like a baby something..? Fish..? Squid..?
what Are these...?
what Are these...?
Looks like a baby something..? Fish..? Squid..?
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Re: what Are these...?
They are native tunicates.
Either Corella willmerina or Corella inflata.
Either Corella willmerina or Corella inflata.
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Re: what Are these...?
Agreed. Tim nailed it. Most likey they're Corella inflata since they're in a cluster like that.
But they're the good guys.
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But they're the good guys.
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Re: what Are these...?
a.k.a. transparent sea squirt?
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Re: what Are these...?
There is an eye in there...and a spinal cord.... So what is it..? What does it do when it hatches ?
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Re: what Are these...?
Oh, no eye, no spinal chord! What you're looking at is a digestive tract filled with poop! Really!!
Tunicates, aka Sea Squirts, aka Urochordates, are pretty complex and while they had a little spinal chord when they were larvae, called a notochord, it dissolved by the time they attached themselves to a rock and grew into an adult tunicate. They have an intake siphon, a complete digestive tract, and an outflow siphon too.
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Really!!Tunicates, aka Sea Squirts, aka Urochordates, are pretty complex and while they had a little spinal chord when they were larvae, called a notochord, it dissolved by the time they attached themselves to a rock and grew into an adult tunicate. They have an intake siphon, a complete digestive tract, and an outflow siphon too.
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