Invertebrates > Tunicates
The Living Rock (Pyura chilensis), known locally throughout Chile as ‘piure’, is one of the most astonishing, deceptive organisms inhabiting marine coastal environments. From the outside, it is virtually indistinguishable from a weathered coastal boulder...
Invertebrates > Tunicates
The Predatory Tunicate (Megalodicopia hians) is a ghostly, carnivorous sea squirt that turns conventional tunicate biology upside down. While nearly all other ascidians are passive, microscopic filter-feeders that pump water through porous branchial baskets, this...
Invertebrates > Tunicates
The Twin-tailed Salp (Tethys vagina) is the largest species of salp on planet Earth, a colossal, transparent pelagic tunicate that drifts through the world’s open oceans. Often mistaken for a jellyfish due to its glistening, gelatinous barrel-shaped tunic,...
