Biology:Rhopalaea
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Short description: Genus of sea squirts
| Rhopalaea | |
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| Rhopalaea cf. crassa in Philippines | |
Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Subphylum: | Tunicata |
| Class: | Ascidiacea |
| Order: | Aplousobranchia |
| Family: | Diazonidae |
| Genus: | Rhopalaea Philippi, 1843[1] |
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21 species (see text) | |
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Rhopalaea is a genus of tunicates 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]
- Rhopalaea abdominalis (Sluiter, 1898)
- Rhopalaea bilobata Mondal J., Raghunathan & Mondal T., 2017
- Rhopalaea birkelandi Tokioka, 1971
- Rhopalaea circula Monniot F. & Monniot C., 2001
- Rhopalaea cloneyi Vazquez & Young, 1996
- Rhopalaea crassa (Herdman, 1880)
- Rhopalaea defecta (Sluiter, 1904)
- Rhopalaea desme Monniot F., 2003
- Rhopalaea flemingi (Herdman, 1880)
- Rhopalaea fusca (Herdman, 1880)
- Rhopalaea hartmeyeri (Salfi, 1927)
- Rhopalaea idoneta Shenkar, 2013
- Rhopalaea macrothorax Tokioka, 1953
- Rhopalaea meridionalis Kott, 2006
- Rhopalaea neapolitana Philippi, 1843[1]
- Rhopalaea orientalis (Pérès, 1958)
- Rhopalaea perlucida Monniot C., 1997
- Rhopalaea piru Monniot C. & Monniot F., 1987
- Rhopalaea respiciens Monniot C., 1991
- Rhopalaea sagamiana Oka, 1927
- Rhopalaea tenuis (Sluiter, 1904)
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Philippi, R. A. (1843). "Rhopalaea ein neues Genus der einfachen Ascidien". Archiv für Anatomie, Physiologie und Wissenschaftliche Medicin 1843: 45–57. https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/49983#page/323/mode/1up.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 "Rhopalaea Philippi, 1843". Ascidiacea World Database. World Register of Marine Species. 2022. http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=103491.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 "Rhopalaea Philippi, 1843". Species. GBIF. http://www.gbif.org/species/2330617.
Wikidata ☰ Q4919846 entry
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