Hello tunicatists
Am I right in thinking that while various colonial ascidians can be grown
conveniently in inland laboratories attched to slides (e.g. Diplosoma,
Botryllus etc) and fed on algae, this is not feasible with any solitary
species? What we need is a continuous culture system using artifical sea
water for Ciona , Halocynthia etc, so that we can study reproductive cycles,
effects of light,temperature, sea water chemistry nutrition etc under
controlled conditions.
I think the answer is probably that this is not feasible, but hope I am
wrong! David
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