Dolioletta
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| Dolioletta | |
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Subphylum: | Tunicata |
| Class: | Thaliacea |
| Order: | Doliolida |
| Family: | Doliolidae |
| Genus: | Dolioletta Borgert, 1894 [1] |
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Dolioletta is a genus of tunicates in the family Doliolidae.
Members of the genus Dolioletta are transparent, gelatinous barrel-shaped animals, usually less than one centimetre long. They move in jerks by contracting the circular bands of muscle in their body wall sharply.[2]
