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Appendicularia sicula

Life > Eukaryotes > Opisthokonta > Metazoa (animals) > Bilateria > Deuterostomia > Chordata > Tunicata > Larvacea > Family: Fritillariidae > Subfamily: Appendiculariinae > Genus: Appendicularia

Distribution and habitat

Circum-(sub)tropical, including Atlantic and Indian oceans.

Publications

  • López-Urrutia A, Acuña JL, Irigoien X, Harris R. 2003. Food limitation and growth in temperate epipelagic appendicularians (Tunicata). Marine Ecology Progress Series 252: 143-157.

Text by Hamish Robertson