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Evolutionary scenario of the tunicates. In this set-up, pelagic appendicularians gave rise to sessile ascidians, in which coloniality arose several times by budding, giving rise to applousobranchs and thaliaceans, the latter which returned to a pelagic life. Asexual generations are represented in blue, sexual in red, and mixed in purple.
