 Pyrosomes are pelagic, colonial tunicates that usually live in the upper layers of the open ocean in warm seas, but this one washed ashore at Laguna Beach, Orange County, CA. 8-1-12. © Peter J. Bryant |
Pyrosome Pyrosoma sp. Tunicata: Pyrosomatidae Back to Tunicates of Orange County, California |
 Washed ashore at Laguna Beach, Orange County, CA. 8-1-12. © Peter J. Bryant |
 The cylindrical colony consists of hundreds to thousands of individuals, known as zooids. © Peter J. Bryant |
 The cylindrical colony consists of hundreds to thousands of individuals, known as zooids. © Peter J. Bryant |
 Detail showing individual zooids. © Peter J. Bryant |
 Detail showing individual zooids. © Peter J. Bryant |
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