''Diazona'' is a

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Diazonidae Diazonidae is a family of sea squirts belonging to the suborder Phlebobranchia. Genera Genera in the family Diazonidae include:Turon, X.; Gittenberger, A.; Sanamyan, K. (2014). Diazonidae Seeliger, 1906. In: Shenkar, N.; Gittenberger, A.; Lamber ...

Species

The genus ''Diazona'' has 12 recognized species: * '' Diazona angulata'' Monniot F. & Monniot C., 1996 * '' Diazona carnosa'' Monniot F. & Monniot C., 1996 * '' Diazona chinensis'' (Tokioka, 1955) * '' Diazona formosa'' Monniot F. & Monniot C., 1996 * '' Diazona fungia'' Monniot F. & Monniot C., 2001 * '' Diazona geayi'' Caullery, 1914 * '' Diazona grandis'' (Oka, 1926) * '' Diazona labyrinthea'' Monniot F. & Monniot C., 1996 * '' Diazona pedunculata'' Monniot F. & Monniot C., 2001 * '' Diazona tenera'' Monniot F. & Monniot C., 1996 * '' Diazona textura'' Monniot C., 1987 * ''

Diazona violacea ''Diazona violacea'' is a species of tunicate, an ascidian in the family Diazonidae. It is the type species of the genus '' Diazona''. Distribution This species is known from the northeast Atlantic from the British Isles to Portugal, and in the ...

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References

Enterogona Tunicate genera Taxa named by Marie Jules César Savigny {{tunicata-stub