[C] Urochordata

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    • Urochordate Classes:
      1. Ascidiacea
      2. Larvacea
      3. Thaliacea
    • Ascidiacea - Sea Squirts
      • Sessile adult, planktonic larvae
      • Larvae undergo metamorphosis, lose notochord, tail and DNC
      • Tunic attaches them to substrate
      • Stigmata sieve water
      • Monoecious and hermaphroditic, self-fertilization rare
      • Asexual reproduction via budding
    • Larvacea
      • Marine planktonic urochordates 
      • Adults retain larval tadpole-like characteristics 
      • External feeding apparatus for filtering (house
      • Screens
      • Filters
      • Gelatinous matrix
      • The house can be discarded and a new one regenerated
    • Thaliacea - salps
      • Marine planktonic urochordates (salps
      • Can be solitary or colonial 
      • Derivatives of adult ascidians 
      • Similar body plan, but
      • Incurrent and excurrent siphons at opposing ends (like tube/pipe)
      • Muscle bands encircling the test wall contract to push water 
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