Octacnemidae is a family of
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 ...
s belonging to the order
Phlebobranchia
Phlebobranchia is an order of sea squirts in the class Ascidiacea, first described by Fernando Lahille in 1886.
Characteristics
The group includes both colonial and solitary animals. They are distinguished from other sea squirts by the pres ...
.
Genera:
* ''
Benthascidia''
Ritter, 1907
* ''
Cibacapsa''
Monniot & Monniot, 1983
* ''
Cryptia''
Monniot & Monniot, 1985
* ''
Dicopia''
Sluiter, 1905
* ''
Kaikoja''
Monniot, 1998
* ''
Megalodicopia''
Oka, 1918
* ''
Myopegma''
Monniot & Monniot, 2003
* ''
Octacnemus''
Moseley, 1877
* ''
Polyoctacnemus''
Ihle, 1935
* ''
Situla
Situla (plural ''situlae''), from the Latin word for bucket or pail, is the term in archaeology and art history for a variety of elaborate bucket-shaped vessels from the Bronze Age to the Middle Ages, usually with a handle at the top. All types ...
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Vinogradova, 1969
References
Phlebobranchia
Tunicate families
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