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Botryllus schlosseri; Sea Squirt   

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Botryllus schlosseri
Botryllus schlosseri
Sea Squirt
Photographer: Lovell and Libby Langstroth
Organization: California Academy of Sciences
Collection: CalAcademy

ID: 0000 0000 0205 0328 (2005-02-09)

Copyright © 2005 California Academy of Sciences

 
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  • date of photo  Jun 9, 1995
  • latitude 36.60575   longitude -121.88970   max error distance 539 meters     View on Google Maps.
  • horizontal datum World Geodetic System 1984
  • georeferencing source GeoLocate
  • location   From floating dock, Monterey Bay (Monterey County, California, US)
  • class Ascidiacea
  • habitat  Cosmopolitan organism, harbors
  • notes   Cosmopolitan organism found worldwide. Individual zooids are hermaphroditic; they do not self fertilize. Non-feeding 'tadpole' larvae settle to found new colonies. The larvae have the characteristics of a vertebrate embryo making them relatives of ours. Field of view 15 mm.
  • camera   Olympus system for macro photography
  • photo category: Animal - Invertebrate-Other

  • MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THIS ANIMAL
  • common names   Sea Squirt (photographer)
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