''Pycnoclavella '' is a genus of
sea squirts first
circumscribed
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by
Walter Garstang in 1891.
The
generic name comes from the Ancient Greek (''puknós'') meaning "closely united".
In 1990,
Patricia Kott placed ''Pycnoclavella'' in its own family, Pycnoclavellidae, but in 2008 it was moved back to
Clavelinidae.
,
WoRMS recognizes the following species:
* ''
Pycnoclavella arenosa''
* ''
Pycnoclavella atlantica''
* ''
Pycnoclavella aurantia''
* ''
Pycnoclavella aurilucens''
* ''
Pycnoclavella belizeana''
* ''
Pycnoclavella brava''
* ''
Pycnoclavella communis''
* ''
Pycnoclavella detorta''
* ''
Pycnoclavella diminuta''
* ''
Pycnoclavella elongata''
* ''
Pycnoclavella filamentosa''
* ''
Pycnoclavella flava''
* ''
Pycnoclavella inflorescens''
* ''
Pycnoclavella kottae''
* ''
Pycnoclavella martae''
* ''
Pycnoclavella minuta''
* ''
Pycnoclavella nana''
* ''
Pycnoclavella narcissus''
* ''
Pycnoclavella neapolitana''
* ''
Pycnoclavella producta''
* ''
Pycnoclavella stanleyi''
* ''
Pycnoclavella stolonialis''
* ''
Pycnoclavella tabella''
* ''
Pycnoclavella taureanensis''
References
Enterogona
Tunicate genera
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