golden star tunicate
English
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A colony of golden star tunicates
Noun
golden star tunicate (plural golden star tunicates)
- A species of colony-forming sea squirt native to European coastal waters but introduced worldwide, Botryllus schlosseri, named for the way individuals arrange themselves around a central point like rays of a star or petals of a flower.