Blue sea squirt [Clavellina caerulea]. Puerto Galera, Philippines.

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Tunicates are our closest invertebrate relatives. They are part of the Pylum Chordata, which also includes animals with backbones, like us. That makes us distant cousins.

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Location: Puerta Galera Philippines
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