Sea squirts. Ink-spot (Polycarpa aurata, purple) and Atriolum robustum (brown, centre) sea squirts on a reef with a boat in the background. Sea squirt

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Sea squirts. Ink-spot (Polycarpa aurata, purple) and Atriolum robustum (brown, centre) sea squirts on a reef with a boat in the background. Sea squirts, or tunicates, are sessile barrel-shaped animals that feed by filtering plankton from the water. Photographed off Misool, Raja Ampat, West Papua, Indonesia.

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Photo credit: © GEORGETTE DOUWMA/SCIENCE PHOTO LIBRARY / Alamy / Afripics
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