''Ascidiella'' is a genus of
tunicate
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 (including vertebrates). The subphylum was at one time ca ...
s belonging to the family
Ascidiidae.
The genus has almost
cosmopolitan distribution
In biogeography, cosmopolitan distribution is the term for the range of a taxon that extends across all or most of the world in appropriate habitats. Such a taxon, usually a species, is said to exhibit cosmopolitanism or cosmopolitism. The ext ...
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Species:
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Ascidiella aspersa
''Ascidiella aspersa'' (European sea squirt) is a species of solitary sea squirts native to the northeastern Atlantic, from the Mediterranean Sea to Norway. They possess oval bodies up to in length. Their branchial (or oral) siphons are conica ...
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Ascidiella scabra
''Ascidiella'' is a genus of tunicates belonging to the family Ascidiidae.
The genus has almost cosmopolitan distribution.
Species:
*''Ascidiella aspersa''
*''Ascidiella scabra''
*''Ascidiella senegalensis
''Ascidiella'' is a genus of tuni ...
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Ascidiella senegalensis
''Ascidiella'' is a genus of tunicates belonging to the family Ascidiidae.
The genus has almost cosmopolitan distribution.
Species:
*''Ascidiella aspersa''
*''Ascidiella scabra
''Ascidiella'' is a genus of tunicates belonging to the family A ...
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References
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Enterogona
Tunicate genera