Clavelinidae

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

Clavelinidae
Clavelina lepadiformis
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Subphylum: Tunicata
Class: Ascidiacea
Order: Enterogona
Suborder: Aplousobranchia
Family: Clavelinidae
Forbes & Hanley, 1848[1]
Type genus
Clavelina
Savigny, 1816
Synonyms[2][3]

Genera

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

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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. 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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