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Aplidium Elegans
''Aplidium elegans'' (sea-strawberry) is a species of colonial sea squirt, a tunicate that is a benthic invertebrate in the family Polyclinidae and class Ascidiacea. Bay-Nouailhat A., September 2005, Description of Aplidium elegans, Available on line at http://www.european-marine-life.org/32/aplidium-elegans.php, consulted on 02 March 2019. It is native to shallow waters in the Atlantic Ocean and Mediterranean Sea. It is also found in between France and the United Kingdom. Description ''Aplidium elegans'' form firm, flattened globular masses, that look like pink cushions from 3 to 4 cm long. Gabriele, M.; Bellot, A.; Gallotti, D.; Brunetti, R. (1999). Sublittoral hard substrate communities of the Northern Adriatic Sea. Cah. Biol. Mar. 40(1): 65-76 The color is striking, with large white papillae around the inhalant siphons of the zooids and deep pink coloration of the colony. The arrangement of the zooids in the colony gives a meandering pattern, with cloacal canals betwee ...
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Fragarium
''Aplidium'' is a genus of colonial sea squirts, tunicates in the family Polyclinidae. There are about 188 species in the genus found in shallow waters around the world. Species The following species are listed in this genus according to the World Register of Marine Species:''Aplidium'' Savigny, 1816
World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved 2011-11-20. *'' Aplidium abditum'' Kott, 2006 *'''' Kott, 1969 *''

Papilla
Papilla (Latin, 'nipple') or papillae may refer to: In animals * Papilla (fish anatomy), in the mouth of fish * Basilar papilla, a sensory organ of lizards, amphibians and fish * Dental papilla, in a developing tooth * Dermal papillae, part of the skin * Major duodenal papilla, in the duodenum * Minor duodenal papilla, in the duodenum * Genital papilla, a feature of the external genitalia of some animals * Interdental papilla, part of the gums * Lacrimal papilla, on the bottom eyelid * Lingual papillae, small structures on the upper surface of the tongue * Renal papilla, part of the kidney In plants and fungi * Papilla (mycology), a nipple-shaped protrusion in the center of the cap * Stigmatic papilla, part of the stigma (botany) See also * * * Blister, a small pocket of body fluid within the upper layers of the skin * Papillary muscle, a muscle in the heart * Papilloma, a benign epithelial tumor * Papule A papule is a small, well-defined bump in the skin. It may have a ro ...
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List Of Tunicates Of Ireland
There are 81 species of tunicate (subphylum Tunicata) recorded in Ireland. Class Ascidiacea (sea squirts) Order Aplousobranchia Family Clavelinidae *''Clavelina lepadiformis'' (light-bulb sea squirt) Family Didemnidae *''Wikispecies:Didemnum, Didemnum fulgens'' *''Didemnum maculosum '' *''Didemnum vexillum'' (carpet sea squirt, an invasive species recorded in Strangford Lough in 2012) *''Diplosoma listerianum '' *''Diplosoma spongiforme'' *''Lissoclinum perforatum'' *''Trididemnum cereum '' *''Trididemnum tenerum'' Family Holozoidae *''Distaplia rosea '' Family Polycitoridae *''Archidistoma aggregatum'' Family Pycnoclavellidae *''Pycnoclavella aurilucens'' *''Pycnoclavella producta'' *''Pycnoclavella stolonialis'' Order Enterogona Family Ascidiidae *''Ascidia conchilega'' *''Ascidia mentula'' *''Ascidia virginea'' *''Ascidiella aspersa'' *''Ascidiella scabra'' *''Phallusia mammillata'' Family Cionidae *''Ciona intestinalis'' (vase tunicate) Family Polyclinidae ...
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