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A miniature forest of colorful Tunicates, Didemnid sp., covers a rock surface in a high-current area. Although they appear primitive, tunicates actually posess a notochord in their juvenile stages, classifying them as chordates, related to vertebrates. Similan Islands Marine National Park, Thailand, Andaman Sea

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©Mark Strickland

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Andaman Sea Ascidian Colorful Didemnid sp. Sea Squirts Similan Islands Marine National Park Thailand Tunicates Underwater abstract colony

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Patterns and Textures in Nature, Marine Invertebrates - "critters"!