Clavelinidae

Clavelinidae
Clavelina lepadiformis
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Subphylum: Tunicata
Class: Ascidiacea
Order: Aplousobranchia
Family: Clavelinidae
Forbes & Hanley, 1848
Type genus
Clavelina
Savigny, 1816
Synonyms
  • Pycnoclavellidae Kott, 1990

Clavelinidae is a family of tunicates in the order Aplousobranchia.

Genera

As of 2024, WoRMS recognizes the following genera in the family Clavelinidae:

Phylogeny

Pycnoclavella has occasionally been placed in a separate family, Pycnoclavellidae, although phylogenetic studies have recovered it as a relative of Clavelina. In multiple analyses, the monotypic genus Nephtheis appears to branch from within Clavelina.

References

  1. ↑ Forbes, Edward; Hanley, Sylvanus (1853) [1848]. "Clavelinidæ; or, Social Ascidians". A History of British Mollusca, and Their Shells. Vol. I. Including the Tunicata, and the Families of Lamellibranchiata as far as Cyprinidæ. London: John van Voorst. pp. 25–28.
  2. 1 2 Shenkar, N., Gittenberger, A., Lambert, G., Rius, M., Moreira Da Rocha, R., Swalla, B.J., Turon, X. (2018). Shenkar N, Gittenberger A, Lambert G, Rius M, Moreira Da Rocha R, Swalla BJ, Turon X (eds.). "Clavelinidae Forbes & Hanley, 1848". Ascidiacea World Database. World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved February 26, 2024.
  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. JSTOR 40206249.
  4. ↑ Kott, Patricia (1990). "The Australian Ascidiacea Part 2, Aplousobranchia (1)". Memoirs of the Queensland Museum. 29 (1): 66–67.
  5. ↑ Pérez-Portela, Rocío; Turon, Xavier (January 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. ISSN 1077-8306.
  6. ↑ Hasegawa, Naohiro; Kajihara, Hiroshi (2024). "Graveyards of Giant Pandas at the Bottom of the Sea? A Strange-Looking New Species of Colonial Ascidians in the Genus Clavelina (Tunicata: Ascidiacea)". Species Diversity: 53–64. doi:10.12782/specdiv.29.53. Retrieved 2024-02-19.