Tunicata/tunicates

Mourao, P. A. and Perlin, A. S. (1987). Structural features of sulfated glycans from the tunic of Styela plicata (Chordata-Tunicata). A unique occurrence of L-galactose in sulfated polysaccharides. Eur. ]. Biochem. 166, 431M36. 

Tunicates or ascidians belong to the phylum Chordata. Ascidiacea is a class of the subphylum Urochordata (Tunicata) and members of this... 

Several partially characterized inhibitors have been described from the marine bacterium Pseudoalteromonas tunicata, isolated from the tunicate Ciona intestinalis. This bacterium produces a diversity of metabolites, each of which specifically inhibits the settlement of invertebrate larvae... 

Cellulose is the most widespread natural organic compound. It occurs as a basic structural polysaccharide in the cell walls of higher plants. Cellulose is also found in green algae, fungi and, exceptionally, in cell walls of simple marine invertebrates (tunicates of the subphylum Tunicata). 

Albano, R.M. and Mourao, P.A.S. (1986) Isolation, fractionation, and preliminary characterization of a novel class of sulfated glycans from the tunic of Styela plicata (chordata, tunicata). J. Biol. Chem., 261, 758-766. 

Pond, D.W. and SargenL J.R. (1998) Lipid composition of the pelagic tunicate DioUoletta gegenbauri (Tunicata, Thaliacea). /. Plankton Res., 20,169-174. 

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