Phallusia
Encyclopedia
Phallusia is a genus
of tunicate
s of the family ascidian
s, which includes the following species:
Genus
In biology, a genus is a low-level taxonomic rank used in the biological classification of living and fossil organisms, which is an example of definition by genus and differentia...
of tunicate
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 of the family ascidian
Ascidiidae
Ascidiidae is a family of tunicates in the class Ascidiacea.Some species contain elevated amounts of vanadium.There are 4 genera:* Ascidia* Ascidiella* Phallusia* Psammascidia...
s, which includes the following species:
- Phallusia aperta (Sluiter, 1904)
- Phallusia arabica Savigny, 1816
- Phallusia barbarica Kott, 1985
- Phallusia colleta (C. Monniot & F. Monniot, 1970)
- Phallusia depressiuscula (Heller, 1878)
- Phallusia fragilis Bonnet & Rocha, 2011
- Phallusia fumigata (Grube, 1864)
- Phallusia ingeria Traustedt, 1883
- Phallusia julinea Sluiter, 1915
- Phallusia koreana Traustedt, 1885
- Phallusia kottae (Monniot & Monniot, 1996)
- Phallusia mammillata (Cuvier, 1815)
- Phallusia millari Kott, 1985
- Phallusia nigraPhallusia nigraPhallusia nigra is a solitary marine tunicate of the ascidian class found in tropical seas around the world. It usually lives in shallow waters, attached to any hard substrate....
Savigny, 1816 - Phallusia obesa (Herdman, 1880)
- Phallusia philippinensis Millar, 1975
- Phallusia polytrema (Herdman, 1906)
- Phallusia recifensis (Millar, 1977)
- Phallusia suensonii Traustedt, 1885