When I recently posted photos of some tunicates (common marine animals of the coast) encrusting an old lobster trap to my website, a former student commented "kinda looks like someone sneezed, Doctor.

Beneath the waves, there are strange, almost alien creatures that raise questions about the evolution of life on Earth and our own earliest origins. The answers might be hiding in tunicates. Tunicates ...

Tunicates, strange tube-like creatures in various colors, shapes and sizes, are found on ship hulls, larger seashells, pier pilings, seafloors and the backs of enormous crabs in oceans worldwide.

Meet the predatory tunicate (Megalodicopia hians), a sea squirt that is unique for its predatory feeding style. Whereas other tunicates nourish themselves by filter feeding, the predatory tunicate ...