''Rhopalaea'' is a genus of

tunicate A tunicate is a marine invertebrate animal, a member of the subphylum Tunicata (). It 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 ca ...

belonging to the family

Diazonidae Diazonidae is a family of sea squirts belonging to the suborder Phlebobranchia. Genera Genera in the family Diazonidae include:Turon, X.; Gittenberger, A.; Sanamyan, K. (2014). Diazonidae Seeliger, 1906. In: Shenkar, N.; Gittenberger, A.; Lamber ...

. The genus has a cosmopolitan distribution in warm and temperate oceans.

Species

The genus ''Rhopalaea'' has 21 recognized species:

References

Enterogona Tunicate genera Taxa named by Rodolfo Amando Philippi {{tunicata-stub