Polyclinidae is a family 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 in the order

Enterogona 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" ...

. It describes a group of marine animals.

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 comprehensive list of names of marine organisms. Content The content of the registry is edited and maintained by scientific specialist ...

lists the following genera: *'' Aplidiopsis'' Lahille, 1890 *'' Aplidium'' Savigny, 1816 *'' Fragaroides'' *'' Homoeodistoma'' *'' Macrenteron'' Redikorzev, 1927 *'' Morchellium'' Giard, 1872 *'' Neodictyon'' Sanamyan, 1988 *'' Polyclinella'' Harant, 1931 *'' Polyclinum'' Savigny, 1816 *'' Sidneioides'' Kesteven, 1909 *'' Synoicum'' Phipps, 1774 *'' Morchelloides'' (

nomen nudum In taxonomy, a ''nomen nudum'' ('naked name'; plural ''nomina nuda'') is a designation which looks exactly like a scientific name of an organism, and may have originally been intended to be one, but it has not been published with an adequate descr ...

)

References

Aplousobranchia Tunicate families Taxa named by Henri Milne-Edwards {{tunicata-stub