Asajirus is a genus of marine
tunicate
Tunicates are marine invertebrates belonging to the subphylum Tunicata ( ). This grouping is part of the Chordata, a phylum which includes all animals with dorsal nerve cords and notochords (including vertebrates). The subphylum was at one time ...
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[Moreira da Rocha, R.; Sanamyan, K. (2015). Asajirus Kott, 1989. In: Shenkar, N.; Gittenberger, A.; Lambert, G.; Rius, M.; Moreira Da Rocha, R.; Swalla, B.J.; Turon, X. (2015) Ascidiacea World Database. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=146729 on 2015-09-10] ''
Asajirus indicus'' was found on the
Antarctic Peninsula
The Antarctic Peninsula, known as O'Higgins Land in Chile and Tierra de San Martin in Argentina, and originally as Graham Land in the United Kingdom and the Palmer Peninsula in the United States, is the northernmost part of mainland Antarctica.
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, west of
Palmer Archipelago
Palmer Archipelago, also known as Antarctic Archipelago, Archipiélago Palmer, Antarktiske Arkipel or Palmer Inseln, is a group of islands off the northwestern coast of the Antarctic Peninsula. It extends from Tower Island in the north to Anvers ...
at a depth of 2763-2818m.
Species
* ''
Asajirus arcticus''
(Hartmeyer, 1923)
* ''
Asajirus dichotomus''
(Monniot & Monniot, 1984)
* ''
Asajirus eunuchus''
(Monniot F. & Monniot C., 1976)
* ''
Asajirus gulosus''
(Monniot & Monniot, 1984)
* ''
Asajirus hemisphericus''
(Monniot & Monniot, 1990)
* ''
Asajirus indicus''
(Oka, 1913)
* ''
Asajirus ledanoisi''
(Monniot C. & Monniot F., 1990)
* ''
Asajirus ovirarus''
(Monniot & Monniot, 1990)
References
Molgulidae
Tunicate genera
Taxa named by Patricia Kott
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