''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 '' is a genus of sea squirts first circumscribed 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 fam ...
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* ''
Pycnoclavella detorta''
* ''
Pycnoclavella diminuta''
* ''
Pycnoclavella elongata
''Pycnoclavella '' is a genus of sea squirts first circumscribed
In geometry, the circumscribed circle or circumcircle of a polygon is a circle that passes through all the vertices of the polygon. The center of this circle is called the cir ...
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* ''
Pycnoclavella filamentosa''
* ''
Pycnoclavella flava''
* ''
Pycnoclavella inflorescens''
* ''
Pycnoclavella kottae
''Pycnoclavella '' is a genus of sea squirts first circumscribed 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 fam ...
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* ''
Pycnoclavella martae
''Pycnoclavella '' is a genus of sea squirts first circumscribed 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 fam ...
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* ''
Pycnoclavella minuta
''Pycnoclavella '' is a genus of sea squirts first circumscribed 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 fam ...
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* ''
Pycnoclavella nana
''Pycnoclavella '' is a genus of sea squirts first circumscribed 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 fam ...
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* ''
Pycnoclavella narcissus''
* ''
Pycnoclavella neapolitana''
* ''
Pycnoclavella producta''
* ''
Pycnoclavella stanleyi''
* ''
Pycnoclavella stolonialis''
* ''
Pycnoclavella tabella''
* ''
Pycnoclavella taureanensis''
References
Enterogona
Tunicate genera
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