''Distomus'' is a
genus of
ascidian tunicates in the
family Styelidae
Styelidae is a family of ascidian tunicates.Lambert, G.; Gittenberger, A.; Sanamyan, K. (2015)Styelidae Sluiter, 1895.In: Shenkar, N.; Gittenberger, A.; Lambert, G.; Rius, M.; Moreira Da Rocha, R.; Swalla, B.J.; Turon, X. (2015) Ascidiacea World ...
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Species within the genus ''Distomus'' include:
[Sanamyan, K. (2015)]
''Distomus'' Gaertner, 1774 .
In: Shenkar, N.; Gittenberger, A.; Lambert, G.; Rius, M.; Moreira Da Rocha, R.; Swalla, B.J.; Turon, X. (2015) Ascidiacea World Database. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species on 2015-12-23
* ''
Distomus antiborealis
''Distomus'' is a genus of ascidian tunicates in the family Styelidae.
Species within the genus ''Distomus'' include:Sanamyan, K. (2015)''Distomus'' Gaertner, 1774 .In: Shenkar, N.; Gittenberger, A.; Lambert, G.; Rius, M.; Moreira Da Rocha, R.; ...
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Monniot, Monniot, Griffiths & Schleyer, 2001
* ''
Distomus fuscus''
Delle Chiaje, 1841
* ''
Distomus hupferi''
(Michaelsen, 1904)
* ''
Distomus malayensis
''Distomus'' is a genus of ascidian tunicates in the family Styelidae.
Species within the genus ''Distomus'' include:Sanamyan, K. (2015)''Distomus'' Gaertner, 1774 .In: Shenkar, N.; Gittenberger, A.; Lambert, G.; Rius, M.; Moreira Da Rocha, R.; ...
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Sluiter, 1919
* ''
Distomus pacificus
''Distomus'' is a genus of ascidian tunicates in the family Styelidae.
Species within the genus ''Distomus'' include:Sanamyan, K. (2015)''Distomus'' Gaertner, 1774 .In: Shenkar, N.; Gittenberger, A.; Lambert, G.; Rius, M.; Moreira Da Rocha, R.; ...
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Monniot & Monniot, 1991
* ''
Distomus rudentiformis''
(Sluiter, 1915)
* ''
Distomus variolosus
''Distomus variolosus'' 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,Gittenberger, A.; Sanamyan, K. (2015)''Distomus variolosus'' Gaertner, 1774.In: S ...
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Gaertner, 1774
Species names currently considered to be synonyms:
* ''Distomus crystallinus''
(Renier, 1804): synonym of ''
Polycitor crystallinus
''Polycitor'' is a genus of tunicates belonging to the family Polycitoridae.
The genus has almost cosmopolitan distribution.
Species
Species:
*'' Polycitor adriaticus''
*''Polycitor africanus''
*'' Polycitor annulus''
*'' Polycitor auranti ...
''
(Renier, 1804)
* ''Distomus diptychos''
Hartmeyer, 1919: synonym of ''
Stolonica diptycha
''Stolonica'' is a genus of ascidian tunicates in the family Styelidae.
Species within the genus ''Stolonica'' include:Sanamyan, K. (2015)''Stolonica'' Lacaze-Duthiers & Délage, 1892 .In: Shenkar, N.; Gittenberger, A.; Lambert, G.; Rius, M.; M ...
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(Hartmeyer, 1919)
* ''Distomus elegans''
Quoy & Gaimard, 1834: synonym of ''
Botryllus elegans
''Botryllus elegans'' is a species of colonial ascidian tunicates in the family Styelidae
Styelidae is a family of ascidian tunicates.Lambert, G.; Gittenberger, A.; Sanamyan, K. (2015)Styelidae Sluiter, 1895.In: Shenkar, N.; Gittenberger, A.; ...
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(Quoy & Gaimard, 1834)
* ''Distomus kukenthali''
(Gottschaldt, 1894): synonym of ''
Eudistoma vitreum
''Eudistoma'' is a genus of sea squirts belonging to the class Ascidiacea. It was first described in 1909 by Maurice Caullery. Originally it was thought to be a subgenus of '' Distoma''. ''Eudistoma'' is the most species-rich genus in the family ...
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(Sars, 1851)
* ''Distomus mamillaris''
Gaertner, 1774: synonym of ''
Polycarpa mamillaris''
(Gaertner, 1774)
* ''Distomus vitreum''
: synonym of ''
Eudistoma vitreum
''Eudistoma'' is a genus of sea squirts belonging to the class Ascidiacea. It was first described in 1909 by Maurice Caullery. Originally it was thought to be a subgenus of '' Distoma''. ''Eudistoma'' is the most species-rich genus in the family ...
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(Sars, 1851)
References
Stolidobranchia
Tunicate genera
Taxa named by Joseph Gaertner
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