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Sea squirts have a body shape that looks like a sponge or a rock.
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What do sea squirts look like?
Sea squirts look like little tubes and live in bodies of water. They come in many different colors and shapes.
Are sea squirts classified as a phylum echinodermata?
No; Echinodermata is the phylum of starfish and sea cucumbers. Sea squirts actually belong to the phylum Chordata, just like all vertebrates, including us! Their larva has a structure that's considered the early version of a backbone, explaining why they're classified that way; they're related to vertebrates.
How many chambers does a herdmania have in its heart?
None. The sea squirts have a unique tube shaped heart with vessels occasionally called channels, but no chambers.
What is the common sea squirts scientific name?
The scientific name of PHILIPPINE Sea Squirt is Pandocia aurata while the scientific name of AMERICAN Sea Squirt is Molgula manhattensis
How do sea squirts and lancelets protect themselves?
sea squirts protect themselves by squirting out a jet of water, hence the name, and they also have a tunic which is a layer of tissue covering them that can be thick and tough or thin and translucent, which protects them from predators. Lancelets spend most of their lives buried in the sand with only their heads sticking out, and have a hood that covers the mouth and sensory tentacles surrounding it thus protecting their bodies from predators.
What do sea squirts do?
sea squirts squirt water it as simple as that
What some chordates such as sea squirts and lancelets do not have?
Chordates such as the sea squirts and lancelets do not have a backbone that is why they are called vertebrate chordates.
Why do sea squirts glow?
The light in sea squirts comes from luminescent bacteria that live symbiotically in little chambers with transparent walls.
What do sea squirt eat?
Sea squirts (also known as cunjevoi) have a main diet of plankton
Sea squirts are found in subphylum?
urochordata
How do sea squirts defend themselves?
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How do sea squirts get food?
They draw in food
Where do sea squirt live?
Most sea squirts live underwater.
What do sea squirts look like?
Sea squirts look like little tubes and live in bodies of water. They come in many different colors and shapes.
How many babies do sea squirts have?
100 eggs
What are the roles of sea squirts?
They are filter feeders, filtering the oceans
What class is sea squirts in?
Tunicates (Because it has a covering called a Tunic)
