Mikko's Phylogeny Archive
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<==o Polycitoridae
   |-- Archiascidia neapolitana Julin, 1904
   |--o Clavelina
   |  |-- C. australis (Herdman, 1899)
   |  `-- C. moluccensis (Sluiter, 1904)
   |--o Cystodytes
   |  |-- C. dellechiajei Della Valle, 1877
   |  |-- C. durus Drasche, 1883
   |  `-- C. guinensis Michaelsen, 1914
   |--o Distaplia
   |  |-- D. bermudensis Van Name, 1902
   |  |-- D. clavata (Sars, 1851)
   |  |-- D. corolla Monniot F., 1975
   |  |-- D. livida (Sars, 1851)
   |  |-- D. magnilarva (Della Valle, 1881) [= Distaplia stelligera (Giard, 1899)]
   |  `-- D. rosea Della Valle, 1881
   |--o Eudistoma
   |  |-- E. angolanum (Michaelsen, 1915)
   |  |-- E. banyulense (Brément, 1912)
   |  |-- E. clarum (Van Name, 1902)
   |  |-- E. costai (Della Valle, 1877)
   |  |-- E. elongatum (Herdman, 1886)
   |  |-- E. magnum Médioni, 1968
   |  |-- E. mucosum (Drasche, 1883)
   |  |-- E. paesslerioides (Michaelsen, 1914)
   |  |-- E. planum Pérès, 1948
   |  |-- E. plumbeum (Della Valle, 1877)
   |  |-- E. posidonarium (Daumézon, 1908)
   |  |-- E. roseum Vazquez & Ramos-Espla, 1993
   |  |-- E. rubrum (Savigny, 1816)
   |  |-- E. tridentatum (Heiden, 1894)
   |  `-- E. vitreum (Sars, 1851)
   |--o Polycitor
   |  |-- P. adriaticus (Drasche, 1883)
   |  |-- P. crystallinus (Renier, 1804)
   |  |-- P. giganteus (Herdman, 1899)
   |  `-- P. searli Kott, 1952
   |-- Protoholozoa pigra Monniot F., 1975
   |-- Rhombifera caerulea Pérès, 1956
   `--o Sycozoa
      |-- S. melopepona Monniot F., 1975
      `-- S. pulchra (Herdman, 1886)

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

 

Special thanks to:

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

 

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