Benjamin Carr, Ph.D. 👨🏻💻🧬 · @BenjaminHCCarr
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Bizarre ancient #sea creature brings evolution mystery to the surface
A new #tunicate #fossil, a close relative of vertebrates, is half a billion years old. There is now strong evidence that #tunicates are the closest relatives to #vertebrates, but a mystery still surrounds them. How did they evolve, and what did they evolve from? A 500 million-year-old fossil is now telling us more about the #evolution of these peculiar life forms. https://arstechnica.com/science/2023/07/bizarre-ancient-sea-creature-brings-evolution-mystery-to-the-surface/
#sea #tunicate #fossil #tunicates #vertebrates #evolution
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Jay of the Blue Ajah 🌲🦬🐋🦇 · @bluejayprime
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RT @inaturalist
It's #MarineMonday and our Observation of the Day is this sea squirt (potentially Magnificent Ascidian (Botrylloides magnicoecus)), seen off of #Australia by fiftygrit!
More details at: https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/150998438 #tunicate #marinebio #nature #biodiversity
#marinemonday #australia #tunicate #marinebio #Nature #biodiversity
elizabethbeston · @elizabethbeston
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Three years ago, if you’d asked me to name some animals found in rockpools, I sure as heck wouldn’t have mentioned sea squirts. Now, they’re one of my favourite animals and at West Runton, there’s at least 10 different species! This one is Sidnyum turbinatum.
#marinebiology #marinebiologyuk #northnorfolkcoast #northsea #sea #ocean #biology #wildlife #nature #intertidal #rockpools #rockpooling #seasquirt #tunicate
#marinebiology #marinebiologyuk #northnorfolkcoast #northsea #sea #ocean #biology #wildlife #nature #intertidal #rockpools #rockpooling #seasquirt #tunicate
elizabethbeston · @elizabethbeston
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Oh the colours in this photo! Another favourite from my dock fouling experience in Plymouth. I found this colonial sea squirt Botrylloides violaceus in several different colours at this location.
#marinebiology #marinebiologyuk #seasquirt #englishchannel #sea #ocean #biology #wildlife #nature #dockfouling #tunicate
#marinebiology #marinebiologyuk #seasquirt #EnglishChannel #sea #ocean #biology #wildlife #nature #dockfouling #tunicate
elizabethbeston · @elizabethbeston
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I adore this image so much. I think it looks like a painting! Sea squirts from a marina in Suffolk. 2022 was the year I first went dock fouling. 😍
#marinebiology #marinebiologyuk #seasquirt #seasquirts #tunicate #tunicates #northsea #sea #ocean #biology #wildlife #nature #dockfouling
#marinebiology #marinebiologyuk #seasquirt #seasquirts #tunicate #tunicates #northsea #sea #ocean #biology #wildlife #nature #dockfouling
elizabethbeston · @elizabethbeston
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This colonial sea squirt Botrylloides leachii var. radiata is so beautiful! Very lace-like.
#marinebiology #marinebiologyuk #northnorfolkcoast #northsea #sea #ocean #biology #rockpools #marinetaxonomy #wildlife #nature #intertidal #seasquirt #rockpooling #tunicate #westruntonrockpools
#marinebiology #marinebiologyuk #northnorfolkcoast #northsea #sea #ocean #biology #rockpools #marinetaxonomy #wildlife #nature #intertidal #seasquirt #rockpooling #tunicate #westruntonrockpools
elizabethbeston · @elizabethbeston
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Sea squirt on sea squirt! I think what we’re seeing here is the colonial sea squirt Diplosoma listerianum covering a solitary sea squirt Ciona intestinalis. From a marina in Plymouth.
#marinebiology #marinebiologyuk #sea #ocean #biology #rockpools #marinetaxonomy #wildlife #nature #seasquirt #tunicate
#marinebiology #marinebiologyuk #sea #ocean #biology #rockpools #marinetaxonomy #wildlife #nature #seasquirt #tunicate
elizabethbeston · @elizabethbeston
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I can’t wait to go dock fouling again. This colonial sea squirt Botrylloides diegensis was pretty special.
#marinebiology #marinebiologyuk #tunicate #northsea #sea #ocean #biology #tunicates #marinetaxonomy #wildlife #nature #seasquirt #dockfouling
#marinebiology #marinebiologyuk #tunicate #northsea #sea #ocean #biology #tunicates #marinetaxonomy #wildlife #nature #seasquirt #dockfouling