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Also Known As Urochordata • Tunicata • urochordate

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chain of fluorescent tunicates
sea squirt; colonial tunicate
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William Brooks
William Keith Brooks
American zoologist
Maurice Caullery
Maurice Caullery
French biologist
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Sir William Abbott Herdman
British oceanographer

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The bearded vulture (Gypaetus barbatus) is seen in Switzerland on December 2024
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Mute swan with cygnet. (birds)
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Sea otter (Enhydra lutris), also called great sea otter, rare, completely marine otter of the northern Pacific, usually found in kelp beds. Floats on back. Looks like sea otter laughing. saltwater otters
Animal Group Names
Lion (panthera leo)
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