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Ascidiidae
Group of Phallusia mammillata (white)
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Subphylum:	Tunicata
Class:	Ascidiacea
Order:	Phlebobranchia
Family:	Ascidiidae Herdman, 1882
Genera
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Ascidiidae ("same-sac family") is a family of tunicates in the class Ascidiacea.

Some species contain elevated amounts of vanadium.

There are 4 genera:

• Ascidia
• Ascidiella
• Fimbrora
• Phallusia
• Psammascidia

See also

• Vanabin

References

1. Bonnet, Nadia Y. K.; Rocha, Rosana M. (2011-05-03). "The family Ascidiidae Herdman (Tunicata: Ascidiacea) in Bocas del Toro, Panama. Description of six new species". Zootaxa. 2864 (1): 1. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.2864.1.1. ISSN 1175-5334.
2. Bonnet, Nadia Yukiji Koto; Rocha, Rosana Moreira da (2011-11-01). "The Ascidiidae (Ascidiacea: Tunicata) of Coastal Brazil". Zoological Studies. 50 (6). ISSN 1021-5506.

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Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata Clade: Olfactores
Tunicata Appendicularia (Larvacea) Kowalevskia Fritillariidae Appendicularia Fritillaria Tectillaria Oikopleuridae Althoffia Bathochordaeus Chunopleura Folia Megalocercus Mesochordaeus Mesoikopleura Oikopleura Pelagopleura Sinisteroffia Stegosoma Stolidobranchia (Pleurogona)¹ Molgulidae Anomopera Asajirus Bostrichobranchus Eugyra Fungulus Gamaster Minipera Molgula Molguloides Namiella Oligotrema Paramolgula Pareugyrioides Protomolgula Rhizomolgula Pyuridae Bathypera Bathypyura Boltenia Bolteniopsis Claudenus Cratostigma Ctenyura Culeolus Halocynthia Hartmeyeria Hemistyela Herdmania Heterostigma Microcosmus Paraculeolus Pyura Styelidae Alloeocarpa Amphicarpa Arnbackia Asterocarpa Bathyoncus Bathystyeloides Berillia Botryllocarpa Botrylloides Botryllus Chorizocarpa Cnemidocarpa Dendrodoa Dextrocarpa Dicarpa Distomus Eusynstyela Gynandrocarpa Kukenthalia Metandrocarpa Monandrocarpa Oculinaria Oligocarpa Pelonaia Podostyela Polyandrocarpa Polycarpa Polyzoa Protostyela Psammostyela Seriocarpa Stolonica Styela Symplegma Syncarpa Theodorella Tibitin Thaliacea Pyrosomatidae Pyrosoma Pyrosomella Pyrostremma Salpidae Brooksia Cyclosalpa Helicosalpa Iasis Ihlea Metcalfina Pegea Ritteriella Salpa Soestia Thalia Thetys Traustedtia Doliolida Doliopsoides Paradoliopsis Pseudusa Doliopsidae Doliolula Doliopsis Doliolidae Dolioletta Doliolina Dolioloides Doliolum Enterogona¹ see below↓
Enterogona Aplousobranchia Euherdmania Placentela Stomozoa Vitrum Clavelinidae Clavelina Euclavella Nephtheis Pycnoclavella Diazonidae Diazona Pseudodiazona Pseudorhopalaea Rhopalaea Tylobranchion Didemnidae Atriolum Clitella Coelocormus Didemnum Diplosoma Leptoclinides Lissoclinum Polysyncraton Trididemnum Holozoidae Distaplia Hypodistoma Hypsistozoa Neodistoma Polydistoma Protoholozoa Pseudoplacentela Scotiazoa Sigillina Sycozoa Polycitoridae Archidistoma Brevicollus Cystodytes Eucoelium Eudistoma "Exostoma" Millarus Polycitor Polycitorella Rhombifera Salix Polyclinidae Aplidiopsis Aplidium Morchellioides Morchellium Neodictyon Polyclinella Polyclinum Sidneioides Synoicum Protopolyclinidae Condominium Monniotus Protopolyclinum Pseudodistomidae Anadistoma Citorclinum Pseudodistoma Ritterellidae Dumus Pharyngodictyon Ritterella Phlebobranchia Dimeatus Hypobythius Agneziidae Adagnesia Agnezia Caenagnesia Proagnesia Pterygascidia Ascidiidae Ascidia Ascidiella Fimbrora Phallusia Psammascidia Cionidae Araneum Ciona Tantillulum Corellidae Abyssascidia Chelyosoma Clatripes Corella Corelloides Corellopsis Corynascidia Dextrogaster Mysterascidia Rhodosoma Xenobranchion Octacnemidae Benthascidia Cibacapsa Cryptia Dicopia Kaikoja Megalodicopia Myopegma Octacnemus Polyoctacnemus Situla Perophoridae Ecteinascidia Perophora Plurellidae Microgastra Plurella
Tunicate-like fossils Ediacaran Ausia Burykhia Finkoella Pharyngomorpha Yarnemia Cambrian Cheungkongella Megasiphon Shankouclava Later Palaeoquadrum Quadrifolium Toscanisoma Khmeriamorpha Khmeria Zardinisoma Ichnotaxa Catellocaula
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