Aplousobranchia
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Aplousobranchia is a suborder of sea squirts in the order Enterogona
. They are colonial animals, and are distinguished from other sea squirts by the presence of relatively simple pharyngeal baskets. The posterior part of the abdomen contains the heart and gonads, and is typically larger than in other sea squirts.
Enterogona
Enterogona is an order of tunicates in the class Ascidiacea. It describes a group of marine animals....
. They are colonial animals, and are distinguished from other sea squirts by the presence of relatively simple pharyngeal baskets. The posterior part of the abdomen contains the heart and gonads, and is typically larger than in other sea squirts.
Taxonomy
Suborder Aplousobranchia- Family ClavelinidaeClavelinidaeClavelinidae is a family of tunicates in the order Enterogona. It describes a group of marine animals.-Genera:*Archidistoma *Clavelina *Cystodytes *Distaplia...
- Family DidemnidaeDidemnidaeDidemnidae is a family of tunicates in the order Enterogona. It describes a group of marine animals.-Genera:*Didemnopsis Hartmeyer, 1903*Didemnum Savigny, 1816*Diplosoma Macdonald, 1859*Echinoclinum Van Name, 1902...
- Family Euherdmaniidae
- Family HexacrobylidaeHexacrobylidaeHexacrobylidae are a family of benthic predatory tunicates. The taxon has two genera with a total of six species. Hexacrobylidae are in the order Pleurogona and in the class Ascidiacea.-Taxonomy:*Asajirus**Asajirus arcticus...
- Family Holozoidae
- Family Polycitoridae
- Family PolyclinidaePolyclinidaePolyclinidae is a family of tunicates in the order Enterogona. It describes a group of marine animals.-Genera:The World Register of Marine Species lists the following genera:*Aplidiopsis - Lahille, 1890 *Aplidium - Savigny, 1816 *Fragaroides...
- Family Protopolyclinidae
- Family Pseudodistomidae
- Family Pycnoclavellidae
- Family Ritterellidae
- Family Stomozoidae