Adagnesia venusta

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Adagnesia venusta
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Subphylum: Tunicata
Class: Ascidiacea
Order: Phlebobranchia
Family: Agneziidae
Genus: Adagnesia
Species:
A. venusta
Binomial name
Adagnesia venusta
Kott, 1985
Adagnesia venusta
Holotype site (NMV F45381) western Bass Strait) [1]

Adagnesia venusta is a species of tunicate in the family Agneziidae, first described by Patricia Kott in 1985. [2] [3]

It is a benthic, marine tunicate found on fine sands along with plentiful sponges in Bass Strait. [2]

References

  1. Museums Victoria (2023). "Museums Victoria provider for OZCAM: occurrence 1272651047". gbif.org. Retrieved 11 July 2024.
  2. 1 2 "Species Adagnesia venusta Kott, 1985". Australian Faunal Directory. Australian Government. Retrieved 11 July 2024.
  3. Patricia Kott (1985). "The Australian Ascidiacea Part I, Phlebobranchia and Stolidobranchia". Memoirs of the Queensland Museum . 23: 1-440 [82]. Wikidata   Q127255890.