(1) The hull is covered with more long and delicate plumose anemones, some large white tunicates and forests of featherworms projecting into the negligible current on their long stalks.(2) Many tunicates have a larva that is free-swimming and exhibits all chordate characteristics: it has a notochord, a dorsal nerve cord, pharyngeal slits, and a post-anal tail.(3) Are there potential uses for antimicrobial peptides from tunicates ?(4) The hull here is rich in marine life - hydroids, tunicates , anemones and sponges.(5) Sea squirts are tunicates , a type of sea life with a primitive spinal cord and a firm, flexible outer covering called a ‘tunic,’ from which the name derives.