Clavelinidae
Encyclopedia
Clavelinidae is a family of tunicate
s in the order Enterogona
. It describes a group of marine animals.
Tunicate
Tunicates, also known as urochordates, are members of the subphylum Tunicata, previously known as Urochordata, a group of underwater saclike filter feeders with incurrent and excurrent siphons that is classified within the phylum Chordata. While most tunicates live on the ocean floor, others such...
s in the order Enterogona
Enterogona
Enterogona is an order of tunicates in the class Ascidiacea. It describes a group of marine animals....
. It describes a group of marine animals.
Genera
- ArchidistomaArchidistomaArchidistoma is a genus of tunicates.List of Species:*Archidistoma aggregatum*Archidostoma molle*Archidistoma productum*Archidistoma psammion*Archidistoma richeri*Archidistoma ritteri...
(Garstang, 1891) - ClavelinaClavelinaClavelina is genus of tunicates, containing the following species:*Clavelina amplexa Kott, 2002*Clavelina arafurensis Tokioka, 1952*Clavelina auracea Monniot, 1997*Clavelina australis...
(Savigny, 1816) - Cystodytes (Drasche, 1884)
- Distaplia (Della Valle, 1881)
- Eudistoma (Caullery, 1909)
- Nephtheis
- Polycitor (Renier, 1804) (synonymSynonym (taxonomy)In scientific nomenclature, a synonym is a scientific name that is or was used for a taxon of organisms that also goes by a different scientific name. For example, Linnaeus was the first to give a scientific name to the Norway spruce, which he called Pinus abies...
: Tetrazona (MichaelsenWilhelm MichaelsenWilhelm Michaelsen was a German zoologist. His principal contributions were to the study of Oligochaeta.After finishing high school he studied mechanical engineering...
, 1930)) - Pycnoclavella (Garstang, 1891)
- Sycozoa (Lesson, 1830)