''Rhopalaea'' 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 ...
belonging to the family
Diazonidae.
[ The genus has a cosmopolitan distribution in warm and temperate oceans.][
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Species
The genus ''Rhopalaea'' has 21 recognized species:[
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References
Enterogona
Tunicate genera
Taxa named by Rodolfo Amando Philippi
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