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Polyandrocarpa
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Species
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GENUS
- KingdomAnimalia
- PhylumChordata
- ClassAscidiacea
- OrderStolidobranchia
- FamilyStyelidae
Habitatmarine
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Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 82
- With media
- 29
- Family
- Styelidae
- Collections
- USNM, CAS
- Recorded in
- Vietnam, Mexico, United States, Japan, Trinidad And Tobago, Morocco, Panama, Belize
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Polyandrocarpa is a genus of ascidian tunicates in the family Styelidae.
== Description == Species of the genus Polyandrocarpa are invertebrates, and their bodies are surrounded by a tunic resembling cartilage, composed of proteins, carbohydrates, and tunicin, with thickness ranging from thin and delicate to transparent and gelatinous. They are primarily sessile species that filter-feed and reproduce by budding. As members of the order Stolidobranchia they have folded pharyngeal baskets.
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