verbal to non verbal Represent the given data in a tabular format to provide brief information of the sea squirts. Sea squirt 'is the nick name given to aquatic animals called tunicates. They have a tendency to squirt out of water when they are removed from their watery home and so they are called as 'squirts'. They look like rubbery blobs. They are known to be advanced animals that are close to humans on an evolutionary scale because they have spines. Sea squirts belong to the phylum Chordata, which includes all animals with spinal cords, supporting notochords (backbone) and gill slits. Some sea squirts, like the sea vase and sea potato are solitary animals. Others like sea grapes tend to group together. One type of sea squirt, the star tunicate, congregates on rocks in star - like shapes.
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The Urochordata are known as tunicates. They are marine and invertebrate organisms. They are known as sea squirts. The body of an adult tunicate is quite simple. There is a swollen sac like body. There are two siphons through which the water enters and exits. Water is filtered inside the body. There are many tunicates which have a larva that is free-swimming. The larvae exhibits all the chordate characteristics. They possess a notochord. There is a dorsal nerve cord. There are pharyngeal slits and a post-anal tail. These are the advanced features which helps in swimming and searching for the food. This characteristics are lost in the adult due to retrograde metamorphosis
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