![Tunicates are chordates that start out as tadpole-like larvae, then lose their notochord and live a sessile life as adults! : r/SpeculativeEvolution Tunicates are chordates that start out as tadpole-like larvae, then lose their notochord and live a sessile life as adults! : r/SpeculativeEvolution](https://i.redd.it/zn627jwkjf071.jpg)
Tunicates are chordates that start out as tadpole-like larvae, then lose their notochord and live a sessile life as adults! : r/SpeculativeEvolution
![Colonial tunicates are cool but should be avoided | Reef Builders | The Reef and Saltwater Aquarium Blog Colonial tunicates are cool but should be avoided | Reef Builders | The Reef and Saltwater Aquarium Blog](https://reefbuilders.com/wp-content/blogs.dir/1/files/2022/10/colonial-tunicate-2-scaled.jpg)
Colonial tunicates are cool but should be avoided | Reef Builders | The Reef and Saltwater Aquarium Blog
![Recently, researchers described a 500-million-year-old tunicate fossil species, which suggested that the modern tunicate body plan was already established soon after the Cambrian Explosion. Recently, researchers described a 500-million-year-old tunicate fossil species, which suggested that the modern tunicate body plan was already established soon after the Cambrian Explosion.](https://vajiramandravi.s3.us-east-1.amazonaws.com/media/2023/7/14/13/53/29/What_are_tunicates.jpg)
Recently, researchers described a 500-million-year-old tunicate fossil species, which suggested that the modern tunicate body plan was already established soon after the Cambrian Explosion.
![Discovery of 500-million-year-old fossil reveals astonishing secrets of tunicate origins | Department of Organismic and Evolutionary Biology Discovery of 500-million-year-old fossil reveals astonishing secrets of tunicate origins | Department of Organismic and Evolutionary Biology](https://oeb.harvard.edu/sites/hwpi.harvard.edu/files/oeb/files/artistic_reconstruction_of_m._thylakos_by_franz_anthony.jpg?m=1688649378)