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Pyrosoma atlanticum is a pelagic species of marine colonial tunicate in the class Thaliacea found in temperate waters worldwide. The name of the genus

Pyrosomes consist of colonies of small Zooids. There are three genera, Pyrosoma, Pyrosomella and Pyrostremma, and eight species. They usually live in the

Pyrosoma aherniosum Seeliger, 1895 Pyrosoma atlanticum Péron, 1804 Pyrosoma godeauxi van Soest, 1981 Pyrosoma ovatum Neumann, 1909 WoRMS. "Pyrosoma Péron

Salps are closely related to the pelagic tunicate groups Doliolida and Pyrosoma, as well as to other bottom-living (benthic) tunicates. Although salps

Pyrosoma aherniosum is a species of pyrosome in the genus Pyrosoma. It was first described in 1895 by Oswald Seeliger from material collected on the Plankton

11 million eggs prior to spawning. Blue eye mainly feed on the tunicate Pyrosoma atlantica. However, they will feed on a range of fish, molluscs, squid

Garstang 1929 [Propyrosoma Ivanova-Kazas 1962] Subfamily Pyrosomatinae Genus Pyrosoma Péron 1804 [Dipleurosoma Brooks 1906] Genus Pyrosomella van Soest 1979

Section through the wall of an ascidian pyrosoma showing several zooids; (br) buccal siphon; (at) atrial siphon; (tp) test process; (br s) pharynx.

whales have also been noted to feed on bioluminescent pyrosomes such as Pyrosoma atlanticum. It is thought that the foraging strategy of sperm whales for

Pyrosomella is a genus of pyrosome that is usually smaller than typical pyrosoma. They are less than a centimeter to several meters long. They are most