Ciona intestinalis is an ascidian, a tunicate with very soft tunic. Its Latin name means, literally, `pillar of intestines`, referring to the fact that its body is a soft, translucent column-like structure, resembling a mass of intestines sprouting from a rock. It is a globally distributed cosmopolitan species
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