Culeolus elegans | |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Ascidiacea |
Order: | Stolidobranchia |
Family: | Pyuridae |
Genus: | Culeolus |
Species: | C. elegans |
Binomial name | |
Culeolus elegans Monniot & Monniot, 1991 [1] | |
Culeolus elegans is a species of ascidian tunicates in the family Pyuridae. It is found in New Caledonia (Western South Pacific). [2]
Ascidiacea is a paraphyletic class in the subphylum Tunicata of sac-like marine invertebrate filter feeders. Ascidians are characterized by a tough outer "tunic" made of the polysaccharide cellulose.
A tunicate is a marine invertebrate animal, a member of the subphylum Tunicata. It is part of the Chordata, a phylum which includes all animals with dorsal nerve cords and notochords. The subphylum was at one time called Urochordata, and the term urochordates is still sometimes used for these animals. They are the only chordates that have lost their myomeric segmentation, with the possible exception of the seriation of the gill slits.
Pyuridae is a family of tunicates.
Herdmania is a genus of ascidian tunicates in the family Pyuridae.
Microcosmus is a genus of tunicates in the family Pyuridae, containing the following species:
Botryllus is a genus of colonial ascidian tunicates in the family Styelidae.
Clavelina is genus of tunicates, containing the following species:
Eusynstyela is a genus of ascidian tunicates in the family Styelidae.
Phlebobranchia is a suborder of sea squirts in the class Ascidiacea.
Aplidiopsis is a genus of colonial sea squirts, tunicates in the family Polyclinidae.
Molguloides is a genus of marine tunicates.
Oligotrema is a genus of marine tunicates.
Fungulus is a genus of marine tunicates.
Bathyoncus is a genus of ascidian tunicates in the family Styelidae.
Bathystyeloides is a genus of ascidian tunicates in the family Styelidae.
Distomus is a genus of ascidian tunicates in the family Styelidae.
Stolonica is a genus of ascidian tunicates in the family Styelidae.
Symplegma is a genus of ascidian tunicates in the family Styelidae.
Minipera is a genus of ascidian tunicates in the family Molgulidae.
Protomolgula is a genus of ascidian tunicates in the family Molgulidae.
Culeolus is a genus of ascidian tunicates in the family Pyuridae.
Botryllus elegans is a species of colonial ascidian tunicates in the family Styelidae. It is found in Mozambique and South Africa.
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