Blue Club Tunicate [Rhopalaea crassa]. Lembeh Strait, North Sulawesi, Indonesia.

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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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Size: 4912px × 3278px
Location: Lembeh Strait North Sulawesi Indonesia
Photo credit: © Georgette Apol / Alamy / Afripics
License: Royalty Free
Model Released: No

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