Spicules
Description:
Spicules of small size, around 30 mm across (size-range: 13 to 33 mm), densely packed throughout the test, tetrahedral in shape, formed by four rounded calcareous masses.
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- Life (creatures)
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- Tunicata (tunicates)
- Ascidiacea (Ascidian)
- Aplousobranchia
- Didemnidae
- Didemnum (Yellow encrusting ascidian)
- Didemnum tetrahedrum
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- de Moura Oliveira, Livia
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