Superregnum: Eukaryota
Cladus: Unikonta
Cladus: Opisthokonta
Cladus: Holozoa
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Superphylum: Deuterostomia
Phylum: Chordata
Subphylum: Tunicata
Classis: Ascidiacea
Ordo: Aplousobranchia
Familia: Clavelinidae
Genera (4): Clavelina – Euclavela – Nephtheis – Pycnoclavella
[Source: Ascidiacea World Database (WoRMS, 2017)]
Name
Clavelinidae Forbes & Hanley, 1848: 25
Type genus: Clavelina Savigny, 1816, by monotypy.
References
Primary references
Forbes, E. & Hanley, S. 1848–1853. A History of British Mollusca and their Shells. Vol. 1. Including the Tunicata, and the families of Lamellibranchiata as far as Cyprinidae. lxxx, 486 p., [64] leaves of plates. London: John van Voorst. BHL Reference page.
Links
Clavelinidae in the Ascidiacea World Database
Vernacular names
français: Clavelinidés
Clavelinidae is a family of tunicates in the order Aplousobranchia. It describes a group of marine animals.
Genera
As of 2018, WoRMS recognizes the following genera in the family Clavelinidae:[2]
Clavelina Savigny, 1816
Eudistoma Caullery, 1909 Euclavella?
Nephtheis Gould, 1856
Pycnoclavella Garstang, 1891
References
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.
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 November 25, 2018.
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.
Kott, Patricia (1990). "The Australian Ascidiacea Part 2, Aplousobranchia (1)". Memoirs of the Queensland Museum. 29 (1): 66–67.
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