golden star tunicate

English

Etymology

After the way individuals arrange themselves around a central point like rays of a star.

Noun

golden star tunicate (plural golden star tunicates)

  1. Any of species Botryllus schlosseri of colony-forming sea squirts, native to European coastal waters but introduced worldwide.

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