These are Skeleton Panda Sea Squirts, also known as Ascidians (as they’re in the class. If they ARE real, then, like all sea squirts, they are sessile, meaning that as adults, one end of the body is always firmly fixed to rock, coral, or some similar solid surface. The upper surface of the animal, opposite to the part gripping the substratum, has two openings, or siphons. When removed from the water, the animal often violently expels water from these siphons, hence the common name of “sea squirt”.Almost all ascidians are hermaphrodites. The gonads are located in the abdomen or postabdomen, and include one testis and one ovary, each of which opens via a duct into the cloaca. Broadly speaking, the ascidians can be divided into species which exist as independent animals (the solitary ascidians) and those which are interdependent (the colonial ascidians). Different species of ascidians can have markedly different reproductive strategies, with colonial forms having mixed modes of reproduction.
jasonsnakelover about 1 month ago
We get a trio of sea facts. Havid Dasselhoff
May the Lord be with you as He is with me.
ronaldspence about 1 month ago
Don’t hassle the Hoff!
KC135E/R BOOMER about 1 month ago
Popular in German Seafood restaurants!
tremaine53 about 1 month ago
Because… whom amongst us wouldn’t name our crab after David Hasselhoff?
poppacapsmokeblower about 1 month ago
How transparent is a polished tortoise (which are land based) shell?
poppacapsmokeblower about 1 month ago
Don’t confuse a hairy chest with a cherry heist.
Angry Indeed about 1 month ago
Maybe the sea squirt will replace “hello, kitty” obsession plaguing Japan.
[Unnamed Reader - 14b4ce] about 1 month ago
We’ll never know how deep sea phosphorescent fish taste.
6turtle9 about 1 month ago
These are Skeleton Panda Sea Squirts, also known as Ascidians (as they’re in the class. If they ARE real, then, like all sea squirts, they are sessile, meaning that as adults, one end of the body is always firmly fixed to rock, coral, or some similar solid surface. The upper surface of the animal, opposite to the part gripping the substratum, has two openings, or siphons. When removed from the water, the animal often violently expels water from these siphons, hence the common name of “sea squirt”.Almost all ascidians are hermaphrodites. The gonads are located in the abdomen or postabdomen, and include one testis and one ovary, each of which opens via a duct into the cloaca. Broadly speaking, the ascidians can be divided into species which exist as independent animals (the solitary ascidians) and those which are interdependent (the colonial ascidians). Different species of ascidians can have markedly different reproductive strategies, with colonial forms having mixed modes of reproduction.