A high-level taxonomic classification or superorder of marine organisms related to or resembling ascidians.
From Latin 'ascidium' (sac) plus the scientific suffix '-oidea' (superorder designation), used in hierarchical biological classification.
Ascidioidea groups together all the ascidian cousins—the deeper you look at genetic codes, the more we realize these humble sea squirts are distant relatives of fish, and eventually, us!
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