Larvacea

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Noun 1. Larvacea - small free-swimming tunicates; sometimes classified as an order

class Larvacea

subphylum Tunicata, subphylum Urochorda, subphylum Urochordata, Tunicata, Urochorda, Urochordata - tunicates

larvacean - any member of the class Larvacea

genus Appendicularia - a genus of chordates in the class Larvacea

class - (biology) a taxonomic group containing one or more orders

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In total, 61 holoplankton taxa belonging to 7 categories: Protozoa, Cnidaria, Rotifera, Crustacea (Copepoda, Cladocera, Ostracoda, Amphipoda and Mysidacea), Chaetognatha, Mollusca, Larvacea, and 8 different types of meroplankton were also recorded (Table IV).

Environmental Determinants of Zooplankton Community in the Damietta Estuary of the Nile River, Egypt

NR X NR Juvenile Subphylum Tunicata Class Larvacea Family Fritillaridae NR X NR Fritillaria formica NR X NR Adult Fritillaria haplostoma NR X NR Adult Family Oikopleuridae NR X X Oikropleura longicauda NR X NR Adult Class Thaliacea Family Doliolidae NR X X Doliolum nationalis NR NR NR Ozooids blastozooids TABLE 3 Mean abundance ([+ or -] standard error) ind./[m.sup.3] of new records of zooplankton from Calmita National Park, Limon; from September 2010 to August 2011 Taxa * Set.

New records of marine planktonic invertebrates from the Caribbean coast of Costa Rica/Nuevos reportes de invertebrados planctonicos marinos de la costa Caribe de Costa Rica

similis 6 (9) 2 (6) 6 (14) 23 17 (17) (41) Oncaea borealis 3 (15 2 (0) 28 (6) 11 23 4 (28) (1)) (20) (17) Harpacticoids 0 (1) Unidentified 4 (4) 3 (0) 3 (0) 3 (1) 0 (3) 82 copepods (154) Copepod nauplii 7S (78) 192 553 329 273 138 (285) (457) (373) (391) (309) Zoea larvae Ostracods 1 (0) Decapod 0 (1) Euphausiid 1 (0) Veliger larvae 1 (2) 3 (4) 0 (4) Sagitta elegans 3 (2) 0 (1) 1 (0) 4 (4) 1 (0) Pluteus larvae 0 (2) Blastula larvae Echinoderm juvenile 0 (1) Larvacea 0 (4) 3 (5) 1 (0) 3 (1) 15 (6) 3 (1) Oikopleura 1 (0) Fish larvae Zooplankton Mar 7 Mar 18 May 25 Silicoflagcllates 0 (1) Foraminifera Medusa 0 (2) 0 (2) Polychaetc larvae 3 (5) Calanus finmarchicus 2 (3) 1 (4) Pseudocalanus spp.

Temporal patterns of arctic and subarctic Zooplankton community composition in Jones sound, Canadian arctic archipelago (1961-62, 1963)