Tunicates, tunicates, tunicates....

[hdtran]

Let me guess at the taxonomy of the vertebrate John put in:

Is that an instance of Leo Rex (Lion King, for those of you who are latin-challenged)?

Hy

 

[ricky1414]

Are there lions in the desert? :wink:

 

[John_Brandt]

Let me guess at the taxonomy of the vertebrate John put in:

Is that an instance of Leo Rex (Lion King, for those of you who are latin-challenged)?

Hy

Tune-a-cat.

 

[John_Brandt]

Are there lions in the desert? :wink:

Yep, take your pick...

 

[Anonymous]

This is different but related species, a Tuna Cat :

Regards,
David Mohr

 

[cdeakle]

:lol: :lol: :lol:
:lol: :lol: :lol:
:lol: :lol: :lol:

 

[Anonymous]

Another Tuna Cat

 

[Anonymous]

Anyway enough jocularity.
I did find this intersesting site with links:

http://www.microscopy-uk.org.uk/mag/artdec00/tunicp1.html

Regards,
David Mohr

 

[Anonymous]

Jocular angel

 

[hdtran]

Here's a picture of one of my supposed tunicates (could be a sponge) that decided to colonize the tube in my HOB refugium.

Sorry about the quality of the photo; there's algae growing on the insides of the HOB (isn't that the whole point?), and my image processing skills aren't great...

Those of you with sharp eyes will notice the {amphi/cope/iso}pod hanging out at the base of the tunicate (or is it sponge?).

 

[Anonymous]

Here's a picture of one of my supposed tunicates (could be a sponge) that decided to colonize the tube in my HOB refugium.

Sorry about the quality of the photo; there's algae growing on the insides of the HOB (isn't that the whole point?), and my image processing skills aren't great...

Those of you with sharp eyes will notice the {amphi/cope/iso}pod hanging out at the base of the tunicate (or is it sponge?).

From what I can tell by that pic that would be a member of Porifera ( sponge).
I'm not even gonna guess on the pod as I can hardly make it out.

Regards,
David Mohr

 

[fishfanatic2]

Here's a picture of one of my supposed tunicates (could be a sponge) that decided to colonize the tube in my HOB refugium.

Sorry about the quality of the photo; there's algae growing on the insides of the HOB (isn't that the whole point?), and my image processing skills aren't great...

Those of you with sharp eyes will notice the {amphi/cope/iso}pod hanging out at the base of the tunicate (or is it sponge?).

That IS a sponge-one of those white lyso thingies.When i took off my old fiter and cleaned it out i found several hundred thousand of them inside. They grow en masse, but they are helpufl and kinda cool. 8O