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Definition of Class larvacea
1. Noun. Small free-swimming tunicates; sometimes classified as an order.
Exact synonyms: Larvacea
Group relationships: Subphylum Tunicata, Subphylum Urochorda, Subphylum Urochordata, Tunicata, Urochorda, Urochordata
Member holonyms: Larvacean, Genus Appendicularia
Generic synonyms: Class
Group relationships: Subphylum Tunicata, Subphylum Urochorda, Subphylum Urochordata, Tunicata, Urochorda, Urochordata
Member holonyms: Larvacean, Genus Appendicularia
Generic synonyms: Class
Literary usage of Class larvacea
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Vertebrate Zoölogy by Horatio Hackett Newman (1920)
"An individual belonging to the class Larvacea (Oikopleura) in its gelatinous "house."
Only the small hammer- shaped object in the main passage-way is the ..."
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