Mikko's Phylogeny Archive Chordate Groups   Aplousobranchia

<==o APLOUSBRANCHIATA (runkokuntameritupet)
   |--o Clavelinidae ()?
   |  |--o Archidistoma ()?
   |  |  |-- A. aggregatum Garstang, 1891
   |  |  `-- A. productum (Milne-Edwards, 1841)
   |  |--o Clavelina ()? [7]
   |  |  |-- C. dellavallei (Zirpolo, 1825)
   |  |  |-- C. borealis Savigny, 1816
   |  |  |-- C. lepadiformis Müller, 1776
   |  |  |-- C. nana Lahille, 1890
   |  |  |-- C. oblonga Herdman, 1880
   |  |  |-- C. phlegraea Salfi, 1929
   |  |  `-- C. sabbadini Brunetti, 1987
   |  `--o Pycnoclavella ()? [2]
   |     |-- P. aurilucens Garstang, 1891
   |     `-- P. taureanensis Brunetti, 1991
   |-- Didemnidae ()?
   |-- Polycitoridae
   |-- Polyclinidae
   `--o Ritterellidae
      `-- Ritterella dispar Kott, 1957

Reference(s):

Anonymous, 2000: Wild Guide to Moreton Bay - Taxonomic listing.
–iNet: Queensland Museum: http://www.qmuseum.qld.gov.au/organisation/publications/wildguides/moretonbay/taxalist/CHORDATA--SUBPHYLUM-TUNICATA.asp

Bouchet, P., 1999: Tunicata: Brief checklist.
–iNet: European Register of Marine Species: http://erms.biol.soton.ac.uk/list/brief/tunicata.shtml

Lahti, S., Malmström, K. K., Koli, L., Leikola, A., Syrjämäki, J. & Lahti, J., 1980: Zoo, Suuri Eläinkirja 6: Selkärangattomat.
Werner Söderström Osakeyhtiö, Porvoo-Helsinki-Juva, 1980.
       Original work: Beaut‚ Du Monde Animal XI & XII Invertébrés.
Rizzoli Editore, Milano, 1968.

Special thanks to:

Jos H. M. Dols, for gathering information and species of these animals.

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