Polycitor

Polycitor
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Subphylum:	Tunicata
Class:	Ascidiacea
Order:	Aplousobranchia
Family:	Polycitoridae
Genus:	Polycitor Renier, 1804

Polycitor is a genus of tunicates belonging to the family Polycitoridae.

The genus has almost cosmopolitan distribution.

Species

Species:

Polycitor adriaticus (Drasche, 1883)
Polycitor africanus Monniot F. & Monniot C., 1997
Polycitor annulus Kott, 1990
Polycitor aurantiacus (Herdman, 1886)
Polycitor calamus Kott, 1990
Polycitor cerasus Kott, 1990
Polycitor circes Michaelsen, 1930
Polycitor clava (Harant & Vernieres, 1938)
Polycitor columna Kott, 1954
Polycitor crypticus Millar, 1970
Polycitor crystallinus (Renier, 1804)
Polycitor cuneatus Millar, 1964
Polycitor emergens Kott, 1990
Polycitor epicolon Monniot F. & Monniot C., 2006
Polycitor giganteus (Herdman, 1899)
Polycitor glareosus (Sluiter, 1906)
Polycitor luderitzi Michaelsen, 1915
Polycitor nitidus (Sluiter, 1898)
Polycitor nubilus Kott, 1990
Polycitor obeliscus Kott, 1972
Polycitor porrecta (Millar, 1962)
Polycitor profundus Monniot F., 1971
Polycitor proliferus (Oka, 1933)
Polycitor protectans (Herdman, 1899)
Polycitor psammophorus Hartmeyer, 1912
Polycitor searli Kott, 1952
Polycitor spirifer Sluiter, 1909
Polycitor subarborensis Kott, 1957
Polycitor torensis Michaelsen, 1920
Polycitor translucidus Kott, 1957
Polycitor violaceus Sluiter, 1909

References

1 2 3 "Polycitor Renier, 1804". www.gbif.org. Retrieved 10 June 2021.

Tunicate genera

Kingdom: Animalia
Clade: Bilateria
Phylum: Chordata
Clade: Olfactores

Appendicularia
(Larvacea)

Kowalevskia
Fritillariidae	Appendicularia Fritillaria Tectillaria
Oikopleuridae	Althoffia Bathochordaeus Chunopleura Folia Megalocercus Mesochordaeus Mesoikopleura Oikopleura Pelagopleura Sinisteroffia Stegosoma

Stolidobranchia
(Pleurogona)¹

Molgulidae	Anomopera Asajirus Bostrichobranchus Eugyra Fungulus Gamaster Minipera Molgula Molguloides Namiella Oligotrema Paramolgula Pareugyrioides Protomolgula Rhizomolgula
Pyuridae	Bathypera Bathypyura Boltenia Bolteniopsis Claudenus Cratostigma Ctenyura Culeolus Halocynthia Hartmeyeria Hemistyela Herdmania Heterostigma Microcosmus Paraculeolus Pyura
Styelidae	Alloeocarpa Amphicarpa Arnbackia Asterocarpa Bathyoncus Bathystyeloides Berillia Botryllocarpa Botrylloides Botryllus Chorizocarpa Cnemidocarpa Dendrodoa Dextrocarpa Dicarpa Distomus Eusynstyela Gynandrocarpa Kukenthalia Metandrocarpa Monandrocarpa Oculinaria Oligocarpa Pelonaia Podostyela Polyandrocarpa Polycarpa Polyzoa Protostyela Psammostyela Seriocarpa Stolonica Styela Symplegma Syncarpa Theodorella Tibitin

Doliopsoides Paradoliopsis Pseudusa
Doliopsidae	Doliolula Doliopsis
Doliolidae	Dolioletta Doliolina Dolioloides Doliolum

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Halocynthia roretzi

Aplousobranchia

Euherdmania Placentela Stomozoa Vitrum
Clavelinidae	Clavelina Euclavella Nephtheis Pycnoclavella
Diazonidae	Diazona Pseudodiazona Pseudorhopalaea Rhopalaea Tylobranchion
Didemnidae	Atriolum Clitella Coelocormus Didemnum Diplosoma Leptoclinides Lissoclinum Polysyncraton Trididemnum
Holozoidae	Distaplia Hypodistoma Hypsistozoa Neodistoma Polydistoma Protoholozoa Pseudoplacentela Scotiazoa Sigillina Sycozoa
Polycitoridae	Archidistoma Brevicollus Cystodytes Eucoelium Eudistoma "Exostoma" Millarus Polycitor Polycitorella Rhombifera Salix
Polyclinidae	Aplidiopsis Aplidium Morchellioides Morchellium Neodictyon Polyclinella Polyclinum Sidneioides Synoicum
Protopolyclinidae	Condominium Monniotus Protopolyclinum
Pseudodistomidae	Anadistoma Citorclinum Pseudodistoma
Ritterellidae	Dumus Pharyngodictyon Ritterella

Dimeatus Hypobythius
Agneziidae	Adagnesia Agnezia Caenagnesia Proagnesia Pterygascidia
Ascidiidae	Ascidia Ascidiella Fimbrora Phallusia Psammascidia
Cionidae	Araneum Ciona Tantillulum
Corellidae	Abyssascidia Chelyosoma Clatripes Corella Corelloides Corellopsis Corynascidia Dextrogaster Mysterascidia Rhodosoma Xenobranchion
Octacnemidae	Benthascidia Cibacapsa Cryptia Dicopia Kaikoja Megalodicopia Myopegma Octacnemus Polyoctacnemus Situla
Perophoridae	Ecteinascidia Perophora
Plurellidae	Microgastra Plurella

Pycnoclavella diminuta

Megalodicopia hians

Tunicate-like fossils

Yarnemia
Ausiidae	Ausia Burykhia Finkoella Pharyngomorpha

Later

Palaeoquadrum Quadrifolium Toscanisoma
Khmeriamorpha	Khmeria Zardinisoma

Catellocaula

Megasiphon thylakos

¹Part of the paraphyletic class Ascidiacea
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Taxon identifiers
Polycitor	Wikidata: Q4914177 AFD: Polycitor BOLD: 3042 CoL: 7PTHL GBIF (old): 2330238 iNaturalist: 493330 IRMNG: 1437454 ITIS: 158900 NBN: NBNSYS0000177350 NCBI: 286202 Open Tree of Life: 799843 WoRMS: 103466

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