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Yes they are real. Commonly called sea-squirts, they belong to the subphylum Urochordata and have a notochord (a primitive backbone) only in the larval stages. They lose their notochords as adults, and then develop into something that looks like a Gelatin sac.

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What animals eat Predatory Tunicates?

the hawsbill and leatherback sea turtle eats tunicates


What is scientific name of tunicates?

The scientific name for tunicates is Phylum Chordata, Subphylum Tunicata.


What eats tunicates?

Tunicates are part of the phylum Chordata, and there are as many of 2,150 species of them. Sea stars, flatworms, and snails are some of the predators of tunicates.


What Tunicates and lancelets are two subphyla of animals classified as what?

chordates


What evidence of chordate affinities is present in adult tunicates and in larval tunicates?

Adult tunicates exhibit chordate affinities through the presence of a notochord in their larval stage, which is a defining characteristic of chordates. In larval tunicates, the notochord is prominent, along with a dorsal nerve cord and pharyngeal slits, which are features shared with other chordates. Although adult tunicates lose many of these traits and become sessile, they retain a structure called the tunic, which reflects their evolutionary connection to the chordate lineage. Overall, the larval form displays the key chordate features, while the adult form highlights the evolutionary adaptations of tunicates.


How can tunicates be not vertebrates?

Because they have no back bone


Does tunic-ate have vertebrates?

Tunicates are invertebrates.


What are non-vertebrate chordates?

Cephalochordates e.g. Amphioxus ,; tunicates , acorn worms etc. are nonvertebrate chordates , they are collctively called protochordates .


Do tunicates and lanceletes have back bones?

No. They are both chordates, which means during embryonic development they have a notochord, the same as vertebrates. This does not persist in tunicates, but it does in lancelets (adults still have a notochord). Neither tunicates or lancelets have a backbone.


How do tunicates and lancelets get their food?

They're filter feeders


Sea stars and tunicates are examples of deuterostomes?

True


What are two groups of nonvertebrate chordates?

tunicates and lanceletes