| Polyclinidae | |
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| Aplidium californicum | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Subphylum: | Tunicata |
| Class: | Ascidiacea |
| Order: | Enterogona |
| Suborder: | Aplousobranchia |
| Family: | Polyclinidae Milne-Edwards, 1841 [1] |
| Genera | |
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Polyclinidae is a family of tunicates in the order Enterogona. It describes a group of marine animals.
The World Register of Marine Species lists the following genera: [1]
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:
Botrylloides is a genus of ascidian tunicates in the family Styelidae.
Clavelina is genus of sea squirts, containing the following species:
Onchidorididae are a taxonomic family of sea slugs, dorid nudibranchs, marine gastropod molluscs in the superfamily Onchidoridoidea.
Phlebobranchia is a suborder of sea squirts in the class Ascidiacea.
Halocynthia is a genus of ascidian tunicates in the family Pyuridae. Species such as H. roretzi are used as food.
Diazonidae is a family of sea squirts belonging to the suborder Phlebobranchia.
Aplousobranchia is a suborder of sea squirts in the class Ascidiacea. They are colonial animals, and are distinguished from other sea squirts by the presence of relatively simple pharyngeal baskets. This provides the etymology of their name: in ancient greek, ἁ.πλοος-ους (ha.ploos-ous) means "simple". The posterior part of the abdomen contains the heart and gonads, and is typically larger than in other sea squirts.
Aplidium is a genus of colonial sea squirts, tunicates in the family Polyclinidae. There are about 188 species in the genus found in shallow waters around the world.
Phallusia is a genus of tunicates of the family ascidians, which includes the following species:
Diazona is a genus of tunicates, in the family Diazonidae.
Morchellium is a genus of colonial sea squirts, tunicates in the family Polyclinidae.
Polyclinum is a genus of colonial sea squirts, tunicates in the family Polyclinidae.
Polycarpa pomaria is a species of tunicate or sea squirt in the family Styelidae. It is native to the northeastern Atlantic Ocean where it lives on the seabed at depths down to about 450 metres (1,500 ft).
Aplidiopsis is a genus of colonial sea squirts, tunicates in the family Polyclinidae.
Macrenteron is a genus of colonial sea squirts, tunicates in the family Polyclinidae.
Neodictyon is a genus of colonial sea squirts, tunicates in the family Polyclinidae.
Polyclinella is a genus of colonial sea squirts, tunicates in the family Polyclinidae.
Sidneioides is a genus of colonial sea squirts, tunicates in the family Polyclinidae.
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