Ritterellidae is a family of
tunicates
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 ...
belonging to the order
Aplousobranchia
Aplousobranchia is an order of sea squirts in the class Ascidiacea. They are colonial animals, and are distinguished from other sea squirts by the presence of relatively simple pharyngeal baskets. This provides the etymology of their name: in an ...
.
Genera
The following genera are recognised in the family Ritterellidae:
* ''
Dumus''
Brewin, 1952
* ''
Pharyngodictyon
''Pharyngodictyon'' is a genus of tunicates
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 ...
''
Herdman, 1886
* ''
Ritterella''
Harant, 1931
References
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Aplousobranchia