''Clavelina'' ("little bottle") is genus of sea squirts (

Ascidiacea Ascidiacea, commonly known as the ascidians or sea squirts, is a paraphyletic class in the subphylum Tunicata of sac-like marine invertebrate filter feeders. Ascidians are characterized by a tough outer test or "tunic" made of the polysacchari ...

Species

The genus contains the following species: *'' Clavelina amplexa'' Kott, 2002 *'' Clavelina arafurensis'' Tokioka, 1952 *'' Clavelina auracea'' Monniot, 1997 *'' Clavelina australis'' (Herdman, 1899) *'' Clavelina baudinensis'' Kott, 1957 *'' Clavelina borealis'' Savigny, 1816 *'' Clavelina brasiliensis'' (Millar, 1977) *'' Clavelina breve'' Monniot, 1997 *'' Clavelina coerulea'' Oka, 1934 *'' Clavelina concrescens'' Hartmeyer, 1924 *'' Clavelina cyclus'' Tokioka & Nishikawa, 1975 *'' Clavelina cylindrica'' (Quoy & Gaimard, 1834) *'' Clavelina dagysa'' (Kott, 1957) *'' Clavelina dellavallei'' (Zirpolo, 1825) *'' Clavelina detorta'' (Sluiter, 1904) *'' Clavelina elegans'' (Oka, 1927) *'' Clavelina enormis'' Herdman, 1880 *'' Clavelina fasciculata'' Van Name, 1945 *'' Clavelina fecunda'' (Sluiter, 1904) *'' Clavelina gemmae'' Turon, 2005 *'' Clavelina huntsmani'' Van Name, 1931 *'' Clavelina kottae'' (Millar, 1960) *'' Clavelina lepadiformis'' (Müller, 1776) *'' Clavelina maculata'' Monniot & Monniot, 2001 *'' Clavelina meridionalis'' (Herdman, 1891) *'' Clavelina michaelseni'' Millar, 1982 *'' Clavelina miniata'' Watanabe & Tokioka, 1973 *'' Clavelina minuta'' Tokioka, 1962 *'' Clavelina mirabilis'' Kott, 1972 *''

Clavelina moluccensis ''Clavelina moluccensis'', common name bluebell tunicate, blue bell tunicate, or blue sea squirt is a species of tunicate (sea squirt), in the genus ''Clavelina'' (the "little bottles"). Like all Ascidiacea, ascidians, these Sessility (zoology), ...

'' (Sluiter, 1904) *'' Clavelina neapolitana'' Della Valle, 1881 *'' Clavelina nigra'' Kott, 1990 *'' Clavelina obesa'' Nishikawa & Tokioka, 1976 *'' Clavelina oblonga'' Herdman, 1880 *'' Clavelina oliva'' Kott, 1990 *'' Clavelina ossipandae'' Hasegawa & Kahijira, 2024 *'' Clavelina ostrearium'' (Michaelsen, 1930) *'' Clavelina phlegraea'' Salfi, 1929 *''

Clavelina picta ''Clavelina picta'', common name the painted tunicate, is a species of tunicate (sea squirt), in the genus ''Clavelina'' (the "little bottles"). These animals, like all Ascidiacea, ascidians, are Sessility (zoology), sessile filter feeders. Desc ...

'' (Verrill, 1900) *'' Clavelina polycitorella'' (Tokioka, 1954) *''

Clavelina pseudobaudinensis ''Clavelina'' ("little bottle") is genus of sea squirts (Ascidiacea). Species The genus contains the following species: *''Clavelina amplexa'' Kott, 2002 *''Clavelina arafurensis'' Tokioka, 1952 *''Clavelina auracea'' Monniot, 1997 *''Clave ...

'' (Kott, 1976) *'' Clavelina puertosecensis'' Millar & Goodbody, 1974 *'' Clavelina robusta'' Kott, 1990 *'' Clavelina roseola'' Millar, 1955 *'' Clavelina sabbadini'' Brunetti, 1987 *'' Clavelina simplex'' Kott, 2006 *'' Clavelina steenbrasensis'' Millar, 1955 *'' Clavelina viola'' Tokioka & Nishikawa, 1976

Phylogeny

A 2024 study of

cytochrome c oxidase subunit I Cytochrome c oxidase I (COX1) also known as mitochondrially encoded cytochrome c oxidase I (MT-CO1) is a protein that is encoded by the ''MT-CO1'' gene in eukaryotes. The gene is also called ''COX1'', ''CO1'', or ''COI''. Cytochrome c oxidase ...

gene sequences found that ''Clavelina'' was paraphyletic to the genus ''

Nephtheis ''Nephtheis fascicularis'', commonly called the lollipop tunicate, lollipop coral, or blue palm coral, is a species of tunicate that is native to the shallow reefs of Indonesia. It is the only species in its genus ''Nephtheis''. They are not phot ...

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References

Clavelinidae Tunicate genera Taxa named by Marie Jules César Savigny {{tunicata-stub