class Larvacea


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Related to class Larvacea: Appendicularians
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Noun1.class Larvacea - small free-swimming tunicates; sometimes classified as an order
Larvacea
subphylum Tunicata, subphylum Urochorda, subphylum Urochordata, Tunicata, Urochorda, Urochordata - tunicates
larvacean - any member of the class Larvacea
genus Appendicularia - a genus of chordates in the class Larvacea
class - (biology) a taxonomic group containing one or more orders
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The class Larvacea is the most specialized in the subphylum Urochordata, or Tunicata, and contains some 70 species.
Beautiful, ethereal larvaceans play a central role in ocean ecology

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