''Rhopalaea'' is a
genus
Genus (; : genera ) is a taxonomic rank above species and below family (taxonomy), family as used in the biological classification of extant taxon, living and fossil organisms as well as Virus classification#ICTV classification, viruses. In bino ...
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
Diazonidae
Diazonidae is a family of sea squirts belonging to the order Aplousobranchia
Aplousobranchia is an order of sea squirts in the class Ascidiacea, first described by Fernando Lahille in 1886. They are colonial animals, and are distinguished fro ...
.
[ The genus has a cosmopolitan distribution in warm and temperate oceans.][
]
Species
The genus ''Rhopalaea'' has 21 recognized species:[
]
References
Aplousobranchia
Tunicate genera
Taxa named by Rodolfo Amando Philippi
{{tunicata-stub