Rhopalaea

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Rhopalaea crassa
Diazonidae - Rhopalaea crassa.jpg
Rhopalaea cf. crassa in Philippines
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Phylum:
Chordata
Subphylum:
Tunicata
Class:
Superorder:
Order:
Enterogona
Family:
Genus:
Rhopalaea

Species

21 species (see text)

Synonyms[2]
  • Rhopalona Roule, 1886 (unnecessary nomen novum for Rhopalaea)
  • Rhopalopsis Herdman, 1890

Rhopalaea is a genus of tunicate belonging to the family Diazonidae.[2][3] The genus has a cosmopolitan distribution in warm and temperate oceans.[3]

Species[]

The genus Rhopalaea has 21 recognized species:[2]

  • (Sluiter, 1898)
  • Mondal J., Raghunathan & Mondal T., 2017
  • Tokioka, 1971
  • Monniot F. & Monniot C., 2001
  • Vazquez & Young, 1996
  • Rhopalaea crassa (Herdman, 1880)
  • (Sluiter, 1904)
  • Monniot F., 2003
  • (Herdman, 1880)
  • (Herdman, 1880)
  • (Salfi, 1927)
  • Shenkar, 2013
  • Tokioka, 1953
  • Kott, 2006
  • Philippi, 1843[1]
  • (Pérès, 1958)
  • Monniot C., 1997
  • Monniot C. & Monniot F., 1987
  • Monniot C., 1991
  • Oka, 1927
  • (Sluiter, 1904)

References[]

  1. ^ a b Philippi, R. A. (1843). "Rhopalaea ein neues Genus der einfachen Ascidien". Archiv für Anatomie, Physiologie und Wissenschaftliche Medicin. 1843: 45–57.
  2. ^ a b c Shenkar N, Gittenberger A, Lambert G, Rius M, Moreira Da Rocha R, Swalla BJ, Turon X, eds. (2022). "Rhopalaea Philippi, 1843". Ascidiacea World Database. World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved 27 January 2022.
  3. ^ a b "Rhopalaea Philippi, 1843". Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Retrieved 27 January 2022.


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