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Sea squirt -
Corella parallelogramma
Scientific names: The Greek word kore means virgin or girl. In
Greek mythology, Kore, the daughter of Demeter, who was forced to marry
Hades, annually spent a third of her life underground as Persefone.
Another possible explanation can comes from the Greek kore, meaning
pupil (eye). The diminitive suffix -ella comes from Latin. Parallelos
is Greek for parallel and gramma means written or drawn.
Other scientific names: Ascidia
parallelogramma, Corella halli.
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