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Golden star tunicate
Botryllus schlosseri
The golden star tunicate is a colonial marine invertebrate known for its striking star-shaped patterns formed by individual zooids within a shared gelatinous matrix. These tunicates are often yellow, orange, or greenish in color and form thin, encrusting sheets over rocks, docks…
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- Golden star tunicates are one of the few chordates that can undergo natural whole-body regeneration, regrowing entire colonies from fragments.
- Golden star tunicates can reproduce both sexually and asexually, allowing them to spread quickly. They are used as model organisms in scientific research due to their simple body organization and regenerative abilities.
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