Biology:Clavelinidae

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Short description: Family of chordates in the tunicates subphylum

Clavelinidae
Clavelina lepadiformis (Müller, 1776) - Banyuls-sur-Mer - 07.91.jpg
Clavelina lepadiformis
Scientific classification e
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Subphylum: Tunicata
Class: Ascidiacea
Order: Aplousobranchia
Family: Clavelinidae
Forbes & Hanley, 1848[1]
Type genus
Clavelina
Savigny, 1816
Synonyms[2][3]
  • Pycnoclavellidae Kott, 1990[4]

Clavelinidae is a family of tunicates in the order Aplousobranchia. 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. https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/12878452. 
  2. 2.0 2.1 Shenkar, N.; Gittenberger, A. (2018). "Clavelinidae Forbes & Hanley, 1848". Ascidiacea World Database. World Register of Marine Species. http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=103438. 
  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. 
  4. Kott, Patricia (1990). "The Australian Ascidiacea Part 2, Aplousobranchia (1)". Memoirs of the Queensland Museum 29 (1): 66–67. https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/40604411. 

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