This present study reviewed the chemical diversity of marine ascidians and their pharmacological applications,challenges and recent developments in marine drug discovery reported during 1994–2014,highlighting the str...
supported by the National Key Basic Research Project (2005CB422306);National Natural Science Foundation of China (40876066)
In this paper, the distribution patterns and abundance of pelagic tunicates in the North Yellow Sea of China during the period 2006-2007 were analyzed. Zooplankton samples were obtained with vertical towing from botto...
The beautiful island of Tobago is the southernmost Caribbean island. The sister island of Trinidad belongs to the Republic of Trinidad and Tobago. Thirty-two species of tunicates were collected from Tobago from depths...
A total of 168 macro-zooplankton samples from 42 stations in the central South China Sea (12° ~20° N, 111°~118°E, an area of about 64 × 10^4 km^2 ) were collected in September 1983 (autumn) , April 1984 (s...
The tunicata or subphylum Urochordata belong to the phylum chordata. They are a primitive group of marine animals. A tail with notochord suggests that the tunicates have unmistakable relationship to vertebrates and ma...