Ascidiacea

Im a SeaSquirt! :)
Phylum: Chordata
Subphylum: Tunicata
Class: Ascidiacea

[Ascidiacea @TunicataAscidia]

Im an urochordata and i couldnt be happier! #ilovemyself

[Ascidiacea @TunicataAscidia]

@ohchiton I like algae too!

[Ascidiacea @TunicataAscidia]

@ohchiton I chill on rocks sometimes too... lets hang?

[Ascidiacea @TunicataAscidia]

@Shrimpcocktail2 Shrimp eat me sometimes and I really dont like it

[Ascidiacea @TunicataAscidia]

@decorator_crab I got beef with you! You crustaceans are always eating us.. .This must end!

[Ascidiacea @TunicataAscidia]

@locodance_moves We dont really have that problem. #sorrynotsorry

[Ascidiacea @TunicataAscidia]

@slimy_cigar hey! I now an Ascidiacia thats 3 cm tall too! On average, we only get about 10 cm tall though.

[Ascidiacea @TunicataAscidia]

@slimy_cigar I have both male and female reproductive organs too! We should be friends. :)

[Ascidiacea @TunicataAscidia]

@slimy_cigar I do my best not to self fertilize but sometimes, it happens!

[Ascidiacea @TunicataAscidia]

@ThatOceanicBank Filter feeders for life!

[Ascidiacea @TunicataAscidia]

@wraapwithus Humans eat me ! I wish I was as lucky as you!

[Ascidiacea @TunicataAscidia]

@copepodd I eat a lot of plankton too!

[Ascidiacea @TunicataAscidia]

@BasicAnenome I dont move around at all. Most ascidians are sessile so we dont move and just stick to substratum such as rocks and shells.

[Ascidiacea @TunicataAscidia]

@iaminkypants Its about quality not quantity... on average, Ascidiacea sizes range from 1mm to over 10 cm.

[Ascidiacea @TunicataAscidia]

This is the cross-section shows through colonial ascidians

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Heres how the water flows through solitary ascidians

[Ascidiacea @TunicataAscidia]

our free swimming larvae is called tadpoles

[Ascidiacea @TunicataAscidia]

The first being dominant to push the blood through the ventral vessel and the second pushing blood dorsally.

[Ascidiacea @TunicataAscidia]

my heart alternates the direction that it pumps blood every four minutes or so. There are two excitatory areas at each end of the heart...

[Ascidiacea @TunicataAscidia]

Zooids within a colony are generally genetically identical and have shared circulation .