Polyclinidae
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Polyclinidae is a family of tunicate
Tunicate
Tunicates, also known as urochordates, are members of the subphylum Tunicata, previously known as Urochordata, a group of underwater saclike filter feeders with incurrent and excurrent siphons that is classified within the phylum Chordata. While most tunicates live on the ocean floor, others such...

s in the order Enterogona
Enterogona
Enterogona is an order of tunicates in the class Ascidiacea. It describes a group of marine animals....

. It describes a group of marine animals.

Genera

The World Register of Marine Species lists the following genera:
  • Aplidiopsis - Lahille, 1890
  • Aplidium
    Aplidium
    Aplidium is a genus of colonial sea squirts, tunicates in the family Polyclinidae. There are about 188 species in the genus found in shallow waters around the world.-Species:...

    - Savigny, 1816
  • Fragaroides
  • Homoeodistoma
  • Macrenteron - Redikorzev, 1927
  • Morchellium - Giard, 1872
  • Neodictyon - Sanamyan, 1988
  • Polyclinella - Harant, 1931
  • Polyclinum - Savigny, 1816
  • Sidneioides - Kesteven, 1909
  • Synoicum - Phipps, 1774
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