Clavelinidae
| Clavelinidae | |
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| Clavelina lepadiformis | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Subphylum: | Tunicata |
| Class: | Ascidiacea |
| Order: | Aplousobranchia |
| Family: | Clavelinidae Forbes & Hanley, 1848[1] |
| Type genus | |
| Clavelina Savigny, 1816
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| Synonyms[2][3] | |
Clavelinidae is a family of tunicates in the order Enterogona. It describes a group of marine animals.
Genera
As of 2018[update], WoRMS recognizes the following genera in the family Clavelinidae:[2]
- Clavelina Savigny, 1816
- Eudistoma Caullery, 1909 Euclavella?
- Nephtheis Gould, 1856
- Pycnoclavella Garstang, 1891
References
- ^ Forbes, Edward; Hanley, Sylvanus (1853) [1848]. "Clavelinidæ; or, Social Ascidians". A History of British Mollusca, and Their Shells. Vol. I. Including the Tunicata, and the Families of Lamellibranchiata as far as Cyprinidæ. London: John van Voorst. pp. 25–28.
- ^ a b Shenkar, N., Gittenberger, A., Lambert, G., Rius, M., Moreira Da Rocha, R., Swalla, B.J., Turon, X. (2018). Shenkar N, Gittenberger A, Lambert G, Rius M, Moreira Da Rocha R, Swalla BJ, Turon X (eds.). "Clavelinidae Forbes & Hanley, 1848". Ascidiacea World Database. World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved November 25, 2018.
- ^ Pérez-Portela, Rocío; Turon, Xavier (2008). "Phylogenetic relationships of the Clavelinidae and Pycnoclavellidae (Ascidiacea) inferred from mtDNA data". Invertebrate Biology. 127 (1): 108–120. doi:10.1111/j.1744-7410.2007.00112.x. JSTOR 40206249.
- ^ Kott, Patricia (1990). "The Australian Ascidiacea Part 2, Aplousobranchia (1)". Memoirs of the Queensland Museum. 29 (1): 66–67.
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