Clavelinidae

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Clavelinidae
Clavelina lepadiformis (Müller, 1776) - Banyuls-sur-Mer - 07.91.jpg
Clavelina lepadiformis
Scientific classification e
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Subphylum: Tunicata
Class: Ascidiacea
Order: Aplousobranchia
Family: Clavelinidae
Forbes & Hanley, 1848[1]
Type genus
Clavelina
Savigny, 1816
Synonyms[2][3]

Clavelinidae is a family of tunicates in the order Enterogona. It describes a group of marine animals.

Genera[]

As of 2018, WoRMS recognizes the following genera in the family Clavelinidae:[2]

References[]

  1. ^ Forbes, Edward; Hanley, Sylvanus (1853) [1848]. "Clavelinidæ; or, Social Ascidians". A History of British Mollusca, and Their Shells. I. Including the Tunicata, and the Families of Lamellibranchiata as far as Cyprinidæ. London: John van Voorst. pp. 25–28.
  2. ^ Jump up to: 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.
  3. ^ 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.
  4. ^ Kott, Patricia (1990). "The Australian Ascidiacea Part 2, Aplousobranchia (1)". Memoirs of the Queensland Museum. 29 (1): 66–67.


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