Predatory tunicate

<h2 id="taxonomy">Taxonomy</h2>
<p>The predatory tunicate belongs to the family <a href="/facts/Octacnemidae/5PwNywWB">Octacnemidae</a>, which is a group of <a href="/facts/Deep-sea/c88zdYul">deep-sea</a> ascidians. Thanks to the <a href="/facts/Hypertrophied/4JolPfnS">hypertrophied</a> oral siphon, two larger lips have formed to be able to catch prey.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:4" href="#fn:4"><sup>4</sup></a>
</p><p>Octacnemidae have been suspected to share <a href="/facts/Phylogenetic/bw4rsovt">phylogenetic</a> relations with the families <a href="/facts/Cionidae/JMSbt6XH">Cionidae</a> and/or <a href="/facts/Corellidae/ElNW0Fhp">Corellidae</a> due to the similarities in their <a href="/facts/Morphology_(biology)/Nl3B0myy">morphology</a>.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:5" href="#fn:5"><sup>5</sup></a>
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<h2 id="distribution">Distribution</h2>
<p><i>Megalodicopia hians</i> can be found sparsely to depths of about 3,800 m (12,500 ft) through the <a href="/facts/Monterey_Canyon/csrFUj0m">Monterey Canyon</a> system.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:6" href="#fn:6"><sup>6</sup></a> Their abundance tended to be the greatest in the oxygen-minimum zone, which is 400–800 m (1,300–2,600 ft) down.
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<h2 id="external-links">External links</h2>
<ul><li><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20040619101926/http://www.mbayaq.org/efc/living_species/default.asp?inhab=168">Predatory tunicates</a></li>
<li><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20110718025353/http://www.montereybayaquarium.org/animals/AnimalDetails.aspx?id=779391">Monterey Bay Aquarium</a></li></ul>

<h2 id="references">References</h2>

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<li id="fn:1"><p>O'Brien, Nicholas (28 September 2014). "Marine Organism of the Week, Ghostfish". Bates. <a href="https://www.bates.edu/biology/2014/09/28/marine-organism-of-the-week-4/" target="_blank">https://www.bates.edu/biology/2014/09/28/marine-organism-of-the-week-4/</a> <a href="#fnref:1" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li>
<li id="fn:2"><p>"Predatory tunicate Megalodicopia hians". www.montereybayaquarium.org. Retrieved 2021-06-02. <a href="https://www.montereybayaquarium.org/animals/animals-a-to-z/predatory-tunicate" target="_blank">https://www.montereybayaquarium.org/animals/animals-a-to-z/predatory-tunicate</a> <a href="#fnref:2" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li>
<li id="fn:3"><p>"Predatory tunicate Megalodicopia hians". www.montereybayaquarium.org. Retrieved 2021-06-02. <a href="https://www.montereybayaquarium.org/animals/animals-a-to-z/predatory-tunicate" target="_blank">https://www.montereybayaquarium.org/animals/animals-a-to-z/predatory-tunicate</a> <a href="#fnref:3" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li>
<li id="fn:4"><p>Havenhand, Jon N.; Matsumoto, George I.; Seidel, Ed (2006). "Megalodicopia hians in the Monterey submarine canyon: Distribution, larval development, and culture". Deep Sea Research Part I: Oceanographic Research Papers. 53 (2): 215–222. Bibcode:2006DSRI...53..215H. doi:10.1016/j.dsr.2005.11.005. <a href="https://doi.org/10.1016%2Fj.dsr.2005.11.005" target="_blank">https://doi.org/10.1016%2Fj.dsr.2005.11.005</a> <a href="#fnref:4" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li>
<li id="fn:5"><p>Kurabayashi, Atsushi; Okuyama, Makiko; Ogawa, Mari; Takeuchi, Akira; Jing, Zhang; Naganuma, Takeshi; Saito, Yasunori (2003). "Phylogenetic Position of a Deep-Sea Ascidian, Megalodicopia hians, Inferred from the Molecular Data". Zoological Science. 20 (10): 1243–1247. doi:10.2108/zsj.20.1243. hdl:2241/104122. PMID 14569147. <a href="https://doi.org/10.2108%2Fzsj.20.1243" target="_blank">https://doi.org/10.2108%2Fzsj.20.1243</a> <a href="#fnref:5" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li>
<li id="fn:6"><p>Havenhand, Jon N.; Matsumoto, George I.; Seidel, Ed (2006). "Megalodicopia hians in the Monterey submarine canyon: Distribution, larval development, and culture". Deep Sea Research Part I: Oceanographic Research Papers. 53 (2): 215–222. Bibcode:2006DSRI...53..215H. doi:10.1016/j.dsr.2005.11.005. <a href="https://doi.org/10.1016%2Fj.dsr.2005.11.005" target="_blank">https://doi.org/10.1016%2Fj.dsr.2005.11.005</a> <a href="#fnref:6" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li>
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