Phlebobranchia is a suborder of
sea squirts in the class
Ascidiacea
Ascidiacea, commonly known as the ascidians, tunicates (in part), and sea squirts (in part), is a polyphyletic class in the subphylum Tunicata of sac-like marine invertebrate filter feeders. Ascidians are characterized by a tough outer "tunic" ...
.
Characteristics
The group includes both colonial and solitary animals. They are distinguished from other sea squirts by the presence of longitudinal vessels in the pharyngeal basket. This provides the etymology of their name: in
ancient greek
Ancient Greek includes the forms of the Greek language used in ancient Greece and the ancient world from around 1500 BC to 300 BC. It is often roughly divided into the following periods: Mycenaean Greek (), Dark Ages (), the Archaic p ...
, means "blood vessel". Another characteristic of phlebobranchians is the
gonads being surrounded by a loop of gut. The posterior part of the abdomen is absent, and many species also lack the epicardial cavity that surrounds the heart and other internal organs in many other sea squirts.
Taxonomy
* ?†
Permosomidae
** ?†''
Permosoma tunicatum''
Jaekel 1915 'Sphaerospongia permotessellata'' Parona 1933*
Agneziidae
Agneziidae is a family of tunicates belonging to the order Phlebobranchia
Phlebobranchia is a suborder of tunicate, sea squirts in the class Ascidiacea.
Characteristics
The group includes both colonial and solitary animals. They are distin ...
Monniot & Monniot 1991 gnesiidae Michaelsen 1898**''
Adagnesia''
Kott 1963
**''
Agnezia''
Monniot & Monniot 1991 'Agnesia'' Michaelsen 1898 non Koninck 1883**''
Caenagnesia''
Ärnbäck-Christie-Linde 1938
**''
Proagnesia depressa''
(Millar 1955)
**''
Pterygascidia''
Sluiter 1904 'Ciallusia'' Van Name 1918*
Diazonidae''
Garstang 1891
**''
Diazona''
Savigny 1816 'Aphanibranchion'' Oka 1906; ''Syntethys'' Forbes & Goodsir 1851; ''Diagonum'' Troschel 1842; ''Diagoma'' Wade 1842** ''
Pseudodiazona''
Millar 1963 'Patridium'' Kott 1975** ''
Pseudorhopalaea solitaris''
Millar 1975
** ''
Rhopalaea''
Philippi 1843 'Rhopalona'' Roule 1886; ''Rhopalopsis'' Herdman 1890** ''
Syndiazona chinensis''
Tokioka 1955 'Syndiazona'' Oka 1926** ''
Tylobranchion''
Herdman 1886
*
Dimeatidae
Dimeatidae is a family of sea squirts belonging to the suborder Phlebobranchia
Phlebobranchia is a suborder of tunicate, sea squirts in the class Ascidiacea.
Characteristics
The group includes both colonial and solitary animals. They are d ...
Sanamyan 2001
** ''
Dimeatus''
Monniot & Monniot 1982
*
Hypobythiidae
Hypobythiidae is a family of tunicates belonging to the order Phlebobranchia
Phlebobranchia is a suborder of tunicate, sea squirts in the class Ascidiacea.
Characteristics
The group includes both colonial and solitary animals. They are dist ...
**''
Hypobythius''
Moseley 1879
*
Octacnemidae
Octacnemidae is a family of tunicates belonging to the order Phlebobranchia.
Genera:
* '' Benthascidia'' Ritter, 1907
* '' Cibacapsa'' Monniot & Monniot, 1983
* '' Cryptia'' Monniot & Monniot, 1985
* '' Dicopia'' Sluiter, 1905
* '' Kaikoja'' Mon ...
** ''
Benthascidia michaelseni''
Ritter 1907
** ''
Cibacapsa gulosa''
Monniot & Monniot 1983
** ''
Cryptia planum''
Monniot & Monniot 1985
** ''
Dicopia''
Sluiter 1905
** ''
Kaikoja''
Monniot 1998
** ''
Megalodicopia''
Oka 1918
** ''
Myopegma''
Monniot & Monniot 2003
** ''
Octacnemus''
Moseley 1877
** ''
Polyoctacnemus patagoniensis''
(Metcalf 1893) Ihle
** ''
Situla
Situla (plural ''situlae''), from the Latin word for bucket or pail, is the term in archaeology and art history for a variety of elaborate bucket-shaped vessels from the Iron Age to the Middle Ages, usually with a handle at the top. All types ma ...
''
Vinogradova 1969
*
Plurellidae
Plurellidae is a family of tunicates belonging to the order Phlebobranchia
Phlebobranchia is a suborder of tunicate, sea squirts in the class Ascidiacea.
Characteristics
The group includes both colonial and solitary animals. They are disti ...
Kott 1973
** ''
Microgastra granosa''
(Sluiter 1904)
** ''
Plurella''
Kott 1973
*
Cionidae
Cionidae is a family of sea squirts belonging to the suborder Phlebobranchia
Phlebobranchia is a suborder of tunicate, sea squirts in the class Ascidiacea.
Characteristics
The group includes both colonial and solitary animals. They are di ...
Lahille 1887 ncl. ''Pseudodiazona''**''
Araneum''
Monniot & Monniot 1973
** ''
Ciona
''Ciona'' is a genus of tunicate, sea squirts in the family Cionidae.
The body of ''Ciona'' is bag-like and covered by a tunica (biology), tunic, which is a secretion of the Squamous epithelium, epidermal cells. The body is attached at a permanen ...
''
Fleming 1822
** ''
Tantillulum molle''
Monniot & Monniot 1984
*
Corellidae
Corellidae is a family of sea squirts belonging to the suborder Phlebobranchia.
Genera
The World Register of Marine Species
The World Register of Marine Species (WoRMS) is a taxonomic database that aims to provide an authoritative and compre ...
Lahille 1888 hodosomatidae Hartmeyer 1908**''
Abyssascidia''
Herdman 1880
**''
Chelyosoma
''Chelyosoma'' is a genus of tunicates belonging to the family Corellidae
Corellidae is a family of sea squirts belonging to the suborder Phlebobranchia.
Genera
The World Register of Marine Species
The World Register of Marine Species (WoR ...
''
Broderip & Sowerby 1830
**''
Clatripes flaccidus''
Monniot & Monniot 1976
**''
Corella''
Alder & Hancock 1870
**''
Corelloides molle''
Oka 1926
**''
Corellopsis''
Hartmeyer 1903
**''
Corynascidia''
Herdman 1882 'Agnesiopsis'' Monniot 1969**''
Dextrogaster suecica''
Monniot 1962
**''
Mysterascidia symmetrica''
Monniot & Monniot 1984
**''
Rhodosoma''
Ehrenberg 1828 'Chevreulius'' Lacaze-Duthiers 1865; ''Corellascidia'' Hartmeyer 1900; ''Peroides'' Macdonald 1864; ''Schizascus'' Stimpson 1855**''
Xenobranchion''
Ärnbäck-Christie-Linde 1950
*
Perophoridae
Perophoridae is a sea squirts family in the suborder Phlebobranchia.
References
External links
Enterogona
Tunicate families
{{tunicata-stub ...
Giard 1872
**''
Ecteinascidia
''Ecteinascidia'' is a sea squirt genus in the family Perophoridae
Perophoridae is a sea squirts family in the suborder Phlebobranchia.
References
External links
Enterogona
Tunicate families
{{tunicata-stub ....
References
...
''
Herdman 1880 'Perophoropsis'' Lahille 1890; ''Sluiteria''** ''
Perophora
''Perophora'' is a sea squirt genus in the family Perophoridae. Most species are found in shallow warm water but a few are found in higher latitudes. A colony consists of a number of zooids which bud off from a long slender stolon.
Characterist ...
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Wiegmann 1835 'Tibiania''*
Ascidiidae
Ascidiidae ("same-sac family") is a family of tunicates in the class Ascidiacea.
Some species contain elevated amounts of vanadium.
There are 4 genera:
* ''Ascidia''
* '' Ascidiella''
* '' Phallusia''
* '' Psammascidia''
See also
* Vanabins ...
Herdman 1882 ncl. ''Namiella'' Monniot & Monniot 1968**''
Ascidia
''Ascidia'' is a genus of tunicates in the family Ascidiidae.
Selected species
* '' Ascidia achimotae'' Millar, 1953
* '' Ascidia adamanensis'' Oka, 1915
* '' Ascidia ahodori'' Oka, 1927
* '' Ascidia alisea'' Monniot & Monniot, 2006
* '' Ascid ...
''
Linnaeus 1767 [''Ascidie''
Linnaeus 1767; ''Ascidiopsis''
Verrill 1872; ''Bathyascidia''
Hartmeyer 1901; ''Phallusioides''
Huntsman 1912; ''Tunica''; ''Herdmania''
Hartmeyer 1900 non Lahille 1888 non Thompson 1893;]
**''Ascidiella''
Roule 1884
**''Fimbrora calsubia''
Monniot & Monniot 1991 [''Fimbrosa''
Monniot & Monniot 1991]
**''Phallusia''
Savigny 1816 'Pachychlaena'' Hedman 1880; ''Phallusiopsis'' Hartmeyer 1908; ''Plurascidia'' Monniot & Monniot 2000**''
Psammascidia teissieri''
Monniot 1962
Image:Red spotted sea squirt at Castle Rocks P7260863.JPG, '' Ascidia incrassata'' (Ascidiidae
Ascidiidae ("same-sac family") is a family of tunicates in the class Ascidiacea.
Some species contain elevated amounts of vanadium.
There are 4 genera:
* ''Ascidia''
* '' Ascidiella''
* '' Phallusia''
* '' Psammascidia''
See also
* Vanabins ...
)
Image:CionaintestinalisR.jpg, '' Ciona intestinalis'' (Cionidae
Cionidae is a family of sea squirts belonging to the suborder Phlebobranchia
Phlebobranchia is a suborder of tunicate, sea squirts in the class Ascidiacea.
Characteristics
The group includes both colonial and solitary animals. They are di ...
)
Image:Megalodicopia Okeanos.jpg, '' Megalodicopia sp.'' (Octacnemidae
Octacnemidae is a family of tunicates belonging to the order Phlebobranchia.
Genera:
* '' Benthascidia'' Ritter, 1907
* '' Cibacapsa'' Monniot & Monniot, 1983
* '' Cryptia'' Monniot & Monniot, 1985
* '' Dicopia'' Sluiter, 1905
* '' Kaikoja'' Mon ...
)
Image:Perophora namei (Phlebobranch).jpg, ''Perophora namei
''Perophora namei'' is a sea squirt species in the genus ''Perophora
''Perophora'' is a sea squirt genus in the family Perophoridae. Most species are found in shallow warm water but a few are found in higher latitudes. A colony consists of a ...
'' (Perophoridae
Perophoridae is a sea squirts family in the suborder Phlebobranchia.
References
External links
Enterogona
Tunicate families
{{tunicata-stub ...
)
References
External links
Enterogona
Chordate suborders
{{Tunicata-stub