Ascidia

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Ascidia
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Subphylum: Tunicata
Class: Ascidiacea
Order: Phlebobranchia
Family: Ascidiidae
Genus: Ascidia
Linnaeus, 1767
Synonyms [1]
  • AscideaLinnaeus, 1767 (spelling variation)
  • AscidieLinnaeus, 1767 (spelling variation)
  • AscidiopsisVerrill, 1872
  • BathyascidiaHartmeyer, 1901
  • PhallusioidesHuntsman, 1912
  • Tunica

Ascidia is a genus of tunicates in the family Ascidiidae. [1] [2]

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Selected species

Diagrammatic section of an Ascidia, representing the three sacs and the branchial sac as the pharynx or throat: (a) branchial orifice; (b) atrial orifice; (c) tunic or test (d) mantle; (e) branchial sac; (f) gullet; (g) stomach; (h) anal orifice; (i) dorsal lamina; the dotted line indicates the endostyle. Ascidia 001.png
Diagrammatic section of an Ascidia, representing the three sacs and the branchial sac as the pharynx or throat: (a) branchial orifice; (b) atrial orifice; (c) tunic or test (d) mantle; (e) branchial sac; (f) gullet; (g) stomach; (h) anal orifice; (i) dorsal lamina; the dotted line indicates the endostyle.

References

  1. 1 2 Karen Sanamyan & Claude Monniot (2013). Shenkar N, Gittenberger A, Lambert G, Rius M, Moreira Da Rocha R, Swalla BJ, Turon X (eds.). "Ascidia Linnaeus, 1767". Ascidiacea World Database. World Register of Marine Species . Retrieved February 25, 2012.
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 6 N. Y. K. Bonnet & R. M. Rocha (2011). "The family Ascidiidae Herdman (Tunicata: Ascidiacea) in Bocas del Toro Panama. Description of six new species". Zootaxa . 2864: 1–33. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.2864.1.1.
  3. ↑ Dominik Kneer; Françoise Monniot; Thomas Stach; Marjolijn J; . A. Christianen (2013). "Ascidia subterranea sp. nov. (Phlebobranchia: Ascidiidae), a new tunicate belonging to the A. sydneiensis Stimpson, 1855 group, found as burrow associate of Axiopsis serratifrons A. Milne-Edwards, 1873 (Decapoda: Axiidae) on Derawan Island, Indonesia" (PDF). Zootaxa . 3616 (5): 485–494. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.3616.5.5.


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