Pyrosomida
Pyrosomida
[‚pī·rə′säm·əd·ə] (invertebrate zoology)
An order of pelagic tunicates in the class Thaliacea in which species form tubular swimming colonies and are often highly luminescent.
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Luminescence and associated effector activity in Pyrosoma (Tunicata:
Pyrosomida).
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