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 | | Ciona intestinalis, class Ascidiacea, from Tomiyama et al., 1970. |
 | | The Ascidiacea is the largest of the three Urochordate classes, and contains the most diversity of body forms. |
 | | They can be either solitary, social, or compound, with the latter category consisting of numerous small individual "zooids" that are contained within an enveloping gelatinous matrix (which can sometimes be difficult to distinguish from a sponge). |
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