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Cnemidocarpa finmarkiensis

  • ... that more than half the organic content of the tunic of the shiny orange sea squirt consists of cellulose? Source: "The tunic is thin but tough, with 12.4% organic content. Just over half the organic matter in the tunic is tunicin (a carbohydrate); the rest is protein."
  • Reviewed: Northeast Syrtis
  • Comment: "Tunicin" is a historic name for the cellulose found in the body wall of tunicates.

Created by Cwmhiraeth (talk). Self-nominated at 07:09, 11 January 2019 (UTC).

  • Symbol confirmed.svg lone enough, new enough, within policy, neutral, no copyvios obvious. Hook short and interesting. QPQ done. L293D ( • ) 03:21, 17 January 2019 (UTC)