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Write the general characters of urochordates or tunicates.

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1.They are marine, sessile, pelagic or free swimming.
2. Body is unsegmented and covered by a test or tunic.
3. Adult forms are sac like.
4. Coelom is absent.
5. Notochord is present only in the tail region of the larval stage.
6. Heart is ventral and tubular.
7. Nerve cord is present only in the larval stage.
8. They are hermaphrodites and development is indireet with a free swimming ladpole larva.
9. Retrogressive metamorphosis is seen e.g. Ascidia.
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