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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.

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What animals eat Predatory Tunicates?

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What is scientific name of tunicates?

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

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How can tunicates be not vertebrates?

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Do tunicates keep the nerve cord notochord and postanal tail throughout their lives?

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