Tunicates

Tunicates, also known as urochordata, tunicata (and by the common names of urochordates, sea squirts, and sea pork) are a group of underwater sac-like filter feeders with incurrent and excurrent siphons, and are part of the phylum Chordata.

Sea squirts feed by taking in water through the oral siphon. The water enters the mouth and pharynx, flows through mucus-covered gill slits (also called pharyngeal stigmata) into a water chamber called the atrium, then exits through the atrial siphon (source: Wikipedia).

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[theGuyYouHate01]

I'm Masturbating to this!

[xxjohnnysniper]

It's not a plant...

[poseke]

they are member of the cordata, because they have the 3 things all chordata have :

1. sort of backbone

2. nervesystem at there back

3. they have sprt off gills

i'm can give more information but i'm from belgium and can't use the proper words in english.. i tried my best .. yes i study agro biotetechnology

[TheDefiniteMaybe]

@crazyassmiclo They're not plants. They have backbones as larvae, and are actually in the same phylum as humans.

[Metalzendor]

its kanda funny that these things r more human-lika as insects

[ardijan]

wow skull sea squirts cool

[cuallito]

What's the music?

[MrUrochordata]

I FUCKING LOVE TUNICATES AND THEIR MOTILE LARVAL FORM!

[bonitachika792]

lol your the best.

[crazyassmiclo]

I just saw a plant eat water.

o_o