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- noun Plural form of
ascidian .
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Examples
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Now, if we were to concede that the ascidians were the common ancestors [61] of both these sharks and of the higher mammals, we should be little, if any, nearer to an explanation of the phenomenon by means of "Natural
On the Genesis of Species St. George Mivart
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The species composition of the benthic community changed from a crab-dominated assemblage to a more diverse mix of starfish, ascidians, and sponges.
Fisheries and aquaculture in the North Pacific (Bering Sea) 2009
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Fisheries in several of the Australian colonies, and who is qualified to speak on these matters, the destruction of the oyster there has been brought about by sedimentary deposits, by parasitic growths, such as sponges, mussels, ascidians, and sea-weed; by the attacks of the dog-whelk and other natural enemies; and by their continual removal by human agency.
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In others again, as the ascidians, nothing of the sort is visible.
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Some testaceans there are, that are entirely enveloped in shell and expose no portion of their flesh outside, as the tethya or ascidians.
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Further, the substance of some of these intermediate creatures is fleshlike, as is the case with the so-called tethya (or ascidians) and the acalephae (or sea-anemones); but the sponge is in every respect like a vegetable.
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There indeed it might well be supposed to end, but, marvellous as it seems, it reappears in very lowly creatures; namely, in certain of the ascidians, sometimes called tunicaries or sea-squirts.
On the Genesis of Species St. George Mivart
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We were just in ecstasies over differentiations, and molecules, and the professor, and protoplasms, and ascidians.
Scientific American Supplement, No. 363, December 16, 1882 Various
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BARRIER REEF OF AUSTRALIA and formerly Commissioner of Fisheries in several of the Australian colonies, and who is qualified to speak on these matters, the destruction of the oyster there has been brought about by sedimentary deposits, by parasitic growths, such as sponges, mussels, ascidians, and sea-weed; by the attacks of the dog-whelk and other natural enemies; and by their continual removal by human agency.
The Art of Living in Australia ; together with three hundred Australian cookery recipes and accessory kitchen information by Mrs. H. Wicken Philip E. Muskett
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Included in the catch were a large number of monstrous gelatinous ascidians or "sea-squirts."
The Home of the Blizzard Being the Story of the Australasian Antarctic Expedition, 1911-1914 Douglas Mawson 1920
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