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Pycnoclavella

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Pycnoclavella
Pycnoclavella taureanensis
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Subphylum: Tunicata
Class: Ascidiacea
Order: Aplousobranchia
Family: Clavelinidae
Genus: Pycnoclavella
Garstang, 1891[1]
Type species
Pycnoclavella aurilucens
Garstang, 1891
Synonyms[2]
  • Archiascidia Julin, 1904[3]

Pycnoclavella is a genus of sea squirts first circumscribed by Walter Garstang in 1891.[1] The generic name comes from the Ancient Greek πυκνός (puknós) meaning "closely united".[1] In 1990, Patricia Kott placed Pycnoclavella in its own family, Pycnoclavellidae, but in 2008 it was moved back to Clavelinidae.[4]

As of 2018, WoRMS recognizes the following species:[2]

References

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  1. ^ a b c Garstang, Walter (1891). "Report on the Tunicata of Plymouth". Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom. 2 (1): 53. doi:10.1017/S0025315400049468. S2CID 86755933.
  2. ^ a b Shenkar, N., Gittenberger, A., Lambert, G., Rius, M., Moreira Da Rocha, R., Swalla, B.J., Turon, X. (2018). Shenkar N, Gittenberger A, Lambert G, Rius M, Moreira Da Rocha R, Swalla BJ, Turon X (eds.). "Pycnoclavella Garstang, 1891". Ascidiacea World Database. World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved November 26, 2018.
  3. ^ Julin, Charles (1904). "Recherches sur la phylogenèse des Tuniciers. Archiascidia neapolitana nov. gen., nov. sp". Mittheilungen aus der Zoologischen Station zu Neapel. 16 (4): 489–552.
  4. ^ Pérez-Portela, Rocío; Turon, Xavier (2008). "Phylogenetic relationships of the Clavelinidae and Pycnoclavellidae (Ascidiacea) inferred from mtDNA data". Invertebrate Biology. 127 (1): 108–120. doi:10.1111/j.1744-7410.2007.00112.x. JSTOR 40206249.