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"Remarks upon Appendicularia and Doliolum, two Genera of the Tunicata," "Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society" (1851), part 2 595-606; "Scientific Memoirs" 1.
The Life and Letters of Thomas Henry Huxley Huxley, Leonard 1900
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"Remarks upon Appendicularia and Doliolum, two Genera of the Tunicata,"
Life and Letters of Thomas Henry Huxley — Volume 3 Leonard Huxley 1896
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These are marine mollusks, without shells, belonging to the family Tunicata.
The People's Common Sense Medical Adviser in Plain English or, Medicine Simplified, 54th ed., One Million, Six Hundred and Fifty Thousand Ray Vaughn Pierce 1877
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Lamarck's acuteness is also shown in the fact that, whereas Cuvier placed them among the acephalous molluscs, he did not regard the ascidians as molluscs at all, but places them in a class by themselves under the name of _Tunicata_, following the Sipunculus worms.
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_Amphioxus_ and of the _Tunicata_ prove, beyond a doubt, that the differences which were supposed to constitute a barrier between the two are non-existent.
Darwiniana : Essays — Volume 02 Thomas Henry Huxley 1860
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"What were you about to say concerning the Tunicata order of mollusca, sir philosopher?"
Mardi: and A Voyage Thither, Vol. II (of 2) Herman Melville 1855
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a useful organ to the Tunicata in their former state of existence.
Man And His Ancestor A Study In Evolution Charles Morris 1877
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d Echinoderma. e Articulata. f Tunicata. g Vertebrata.
The Evolution of Man — Volume 1 Ernst Heinrich Philipp August Haeckel 1876
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My lord, have you ever observed the mysterious federation subsisting among the molluscs of the Tunicata order, -- in other words, a species of cuttle-fish, abounding at the bottom of the lagoon? "
Mardi: and A Voyage Thither, Vol. II (of 2) Herman Melville 1855
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