golden star tunicate

A colony of golden star tunicates

Noun

  • A species of colony-forming sea squirt native to European coastal waters but introduced worldwide, Botryllus schlosseri (species), named for the way individuals arrange themselves around a central point like rays of a star or petals of a flower.

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