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Fritillariidae

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Family of marine organisms belonging in the subphylum Tunicata

Fritillariidae
Appendicularia sp. specimen
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Subphylum: Tunicata
Class: Appendicularia
Order: Copelata
Family: Fritillariidae
Lohmann, 1915

Fritillariidae is a family of tunicates belonging to the order Copelata.

Genera

Fritillariidae comprises three genera, divided into two subfamilies. While the trunk anatomy differs between the genera, they share a similar arrangement of house-producing cells (oikoplasts) over the midline of the pharyngeal trunk, distinguishing them from the Oikopleuridae.

References

  1. ^ "Fritillariidae". www.gbif.org. Retrieved 29 May 2021.
  2. Henriet, Simon; Aasjord, Anne; Chourrout, Daniel (28 October 2022). "Laboratory study of Fritillaria lifecycle reveals key morphogenetic events leading to genus-specific anatomy". Frontiers in Zoology (19).
Tunicate genera
Tunicata
Appendicularia
(Larvacea)
Fritillariidae
Oikopleuridae
Stolidobranchia
(Pleurogona)
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Molgulidae
Pyuridae
Styelidae
Thaliacea
Pyrosomatidae
Salpidae
Doliolida
Doliopsidae
Doliolidae
Enterogona¹
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Halocynthia roretzi

Microcosmus sabatieri

Pyrosoma
Enterogona
Aplousobranchia
Clavelinidae
Diazonidae
Didemnidae
Holozoidae
Polycitoridae
Polyclinidae
Protopolyclinidae
Pseudodistomidae
Ritterellidae
Phlebobranchia
Agneziidae
Ascidiidae
Cionidae
Corellidae
Octacnemidae
Perophoridae
Plurellidae
Pycnoclavella diminuta

Didemnum molle

Megalodicopia hians
Tunicate-like fossils
Ediacaran
Cambrian
Later
Khmeriamorpha
Ichnotaxa
Megasiphon thylakos
Taxon identifiers
Fritillariidae


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