Appendicularia (class)

Esquema

Getty AAT: Living organisms

Jerarquía

Eukaryota (domain) > Animalia (kingdom) > Chordata (phylum) > Tunicata (subphylum)

Descripción

Class of solitary, free-swimming tunicates found throughout the world's oceans, characterized by being filter feeders, and having a form superficially resembling tadpole larvae, retaining the juvenile discrete trunk and tail in adult life (pedomorphism).

URI original del concepto

http://vocab.getty.edu/aat/300310252

Otros términos

  • 尾海鞘綱 (綱) [zh]
  • wěi hǎi qiào gāng [zh]
  • wei hai qiao gang [zh]
  • wei hai ch'iao kang [zh]
  • larvaceas [en]
  • larvacea [en]
  • 幼形綱 [zh]
  • 幼態綱 [zh]