Facts: The Pyrosome

Quick facts about the largest pelagic colonial tunicates. The pyrosome (Pyrosoma, giant sea worm, sea pickles, cockroaches of the sea). Pyrosome facts!

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References and Helpful Links
https://www.researchgate.net/publication/326497471_Range_expansion_of_tropical_pyrosomes_in_the_northeast_Pacific_Ocean
https://esajournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1002/ecy.2097
https://aslopubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1002/lno.11071
https://seagrant.oregonstate.edu/sgpubs/range-expansion-tropical-pyrosomes-northest-pacific-ocean
https://agupubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1029/2018JG004918
https://www.nwfsc.noaa.gov/news/features/pyrosomes/
https://zoologicalstudies.springeropen.com/articles/10.1186/s40555-014-0075-6
https://www.jstor.org/stable/1542326?seq=1
https://www.nationalgeographic.com/news/2017/06/pyrosome-fire-body-bloom-eastern-pacific-warm-water/
https://www.researchgate.net/publication/238755065_Grazing_by_Pyrosoma_atlanticum_Tunicata_Thaliacea_in_the_south_Indian_Ocean
https://oceans.ubc.ca/2017/06/30/pyrosomes-appearing-in-bc-waters/
https://www.nationalgeographic.com/animals/2019/02/giant-sea-worm-pyrosome-sighted-new-zealand/
https://www.nationalgeographic.com/animals/2019/02/giant-sea-worm-pyrosome-sighted-new-zealand/#close
http://nathistoc.bio.uci.edu/Tunicates/Pyrosoma.htm
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