''Polysyncraton'' is a genus 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 family
Didemnidae
Didemnidae is the largest family of colonial tunicates in the order Aplousobranchia.
These marine animals are found in shallow water on the seabed. Members of this family have reduced zooids that form highly integrated and encrusting sheet-like ...
.
The genus has almost
cosmopolitan distribution
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.
Morphology Characteristics
This genus is known to possess Large
thoraxes, large atrial languets, lateral thoracic organs typically found in the
anterior
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region, more than three testis follicle, five or fewer sperm duct coils, and large gemmiparous larvae with over six pairs of ectodermal
ampullae.
Species:
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Polysyncraton adelon''
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Polysyncraton adenale''
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Polysyncraton alinguum''
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Polysyncraton amethysteum''
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Polysyncraton arafurensis''
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Polysyncraton arvum''
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Polysyncraton asperum''
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Polysyncraton aspiculatum''
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Polysyncraton asterix''
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Polysyncraton bilobatum
''Polysyncraton'' is a genus of tunicates belonging to the family Didemnidae.
The genus has almost cosmopolitan distribution.
Morphology Characteristics
This genus is known to possess Large Thorax, thoraxes, large atrial languets, lateral thora ...
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Polysyncraton cabofriense''
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Polysyncraton calculum
''Polysyncraton'' is a genus of tunicates belonging to the family Didemnidae.
The genus has almost cosmopolitan distribution.
Morphology Characteristics
This genus is known to possess Large thoraxes, large atrial languets, lateral thoracic org ...
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Polysyncraton canetense''
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Polysyncraton catillum''
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Polysyncraton cerebellum''
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Polysyncraton chondrilla
''Polysyncraton'' is a genus of tunicates belonging to the family Didemnidae.
The genus has almost cosmopolitan distribution.
Morphology Characteristics
This genus is known to possess Large thoraxes, large atrial languets, lateral thoracic org ...
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Polysyncraton chuni
''Polysyncraton'' is a genus of tunicates belonging to the family Didemnidae.
The genus has almost cosmopolitan distribution.
Morphology Characteristics
This genus is known to possess Large thoraxes, large atrial languets, lateral thoracic org ...
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Polysyncraton circulum
''Polysyncraton'' is a genus of tunicates belonging to the family Didemnidae.
The genus has almost cosmopolitan distribution.
Morphology Characteristics
This genus is known to possess Large thoraxes, large atrial languets, lateral thoracic org ...
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Polysyncraton crassum
''Polysyncraton'' is a genus of tunicates belonging to the family Didemnidae.
The genus has almost cosmopolitan distribution.
Morphology Characteristics
This genus is known to possess Large thoraxes, large atrial languets, lateral thoracic org ...
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Polysyncraton cuculliferum
''Polysyncraton'' is a genus of tunicates belonging to the family Didemnidae.
The genus has almost cosmopolitan distribution.
Morphology Characteristics
This genus is known to possess Large thoraxes, large atrial languets, lateral thoracic org ...
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Polysyncraton dealbatum
''Polysyncraton'' is a genus of tunicates belonging to the family Didemnidae.
The genus has almost cosmopolitan distribution.
Morphology Characteristics
This genus is known to possess Large thoraxes, large atrial languets, lateral thoracic org ...
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Polysyncraton dentatum
''Polysyncraton'' is a genus of tunicates belonging to the family Didemnidae.
The genus has almost cosmopolitan distribution.
Morphology Characteristics
This genus is known to possess Large thoraxes, large atrial languets, lateral thoracic org ...
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Polysyncraton discoides
''Polysyncraton'' is a genus of tunicates belonging to the family Didemnidae.
The genus has almost cosmopolitan distribution.
Morphology Characteristics
This genus is known to possess Large thoraxes, large atrial languets, lateral thoracic org ...
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Polysyncraton doboense
''Polysyncraton'' is a genus of tunicates belonging to the family Didemnidae.
The genus has almost cosmopolitan distribution.
Morphology Characteristics
This genus is known to possess Large thoraxes, large atrial languets, lateral thoracic org ...
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Polysyncraton dromide
''Polysyncraton'' is a genus of tunicates belonging to the family Didemnidae.
The genus has almost cosmopolitan distribution.
Morphology Characteristics
This genus is known to possess Large thoraxes, large atrial languets, lateral thoracic org ...
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Polysyncraton fadeevi''
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Polysyncraton fistulum''
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Polysyncraton flammeum''
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Polysyncraton fuscum''
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Polysyncraton galaxum''
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Polysyncraton glaucum''
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Polysyncraton globosum''
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Polysyncraton gratum''
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Polysyncraton haranti''
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Polysyncraton hartmeyeri''
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Polysyncraton horridum''
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Polysyncraton infundibulum''
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Polysyncraton jugosum''
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Polysyncraton kashenkoi''
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Polysyncraton krylatkae''
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Polysyncraton lacazei''
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Polysyncraton linere''
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Polysyncraton lithostrotum''
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Polysyncraton lodix''
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Polysyncraton longitubis''
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Polysyncraton louminae''
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Polysyncraton luteum''
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Polysyncraton magnetae''
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Polysyncraton magnilarvum''
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Polysyncraton marmoratum''
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Polysyncraton maurizeliae''
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Polysyncraton meandratum''
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Polysyncraton milleporae''
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Polysyncraton miniastrum''
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Polysyncraton montanum''
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Polysyncraton mortenseni''
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Polysyncraton multiforme''
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Polysyncraton multipapillae''
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Polysyncraton nigropunctatum''
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Polysyncraton niveum''
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Polysyncraton oceanium''
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Polysyncraton orbiculum''
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Polysyncraton otuetue''
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Polysyncraton palliolum''
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Polysyncraton papyrus''
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Polysyncraton paradoxum''
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Polysyncraton paramushiri''
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Polysyncraton pavimentum''
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Polysyncraton pedunculatum''
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Polysyncraton peristroma''
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Polysyncraton polysystema''
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Polysyncraton pontoniae''
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Polysyncraton poro''
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Polysyncraton pseudomagnetae''
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Polysyncraton pseudorugosum''
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Polysyncraton pulchrum''
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Polysyncraton purou''
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Polysyncraton recurvatum''
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Polysyncraton reedi''
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Polysyncraton regulum''
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Polysyncraton reticulum''
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Polysyncraton rica''
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Polysyncraton robustum''
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Polysyncraton rostrum''
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Polysyncraton rubitapum''
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Polysyncraton rugosum''
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Polysyncraton sagamiana''
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Polysyncraton scobinum''
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Polysyncraton scorteum''
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Polysyncraton shellensis''
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Polysyncraton sideris''
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Polysyncraton snelliusi''
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Polysyncraton spongioides''
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Polysyncraton tasmanense''
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Polysyncraton tegetum''
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Polysyncraton tenuicutis''
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Polysyncraton textus''
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Polysyncraton thallomorpha''
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Polysyncraton tokiokai''
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Polysyncraton trivolutum''
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Polysyncraton turris''
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Polysyncraton vestiens''
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Polysyncraton victoriensis''
References
Didemnidae
Tunicate genera
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