English > subphylum Tunicata: 1 sense > noun 1, animalMeaning | tunicates. |
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Synonyms | Urochordata, subphylum Urochordata, Urochorda, subphylum Urochorda, Tunicata |
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Member of | Chordata, phylum Chordata | Comprises true vertebrates and animals having a notochord |
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Members | Ascidiaceae, class Ascidiaceae | sometimes classified as an order |
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Larvacea, class Larvacea | small free-swimming tunicates |
Thaliacea, class Thaliacea | small class of free-swimming tunicates |
tunicate, urochordate, urochord | Primitive marine animal having a saclike unsegmented body and a urochord that is conspicuous in the larva |
Broader | phylum | (biology) the major taxonomic group of animals and plants |
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Spanish | subfilo Tunicata, subfilo Urochorda, subfilo Urochordata, tunicados, Tunicata, Urochorda, Urochordata, urocordados |
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Catalan | Tunicata, Urochordata, Urocordat |
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