| Stolidobranchia | |
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| Halocynthia roretzi | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Subphylum: | Tunicata |
| Class: | Ascidiacea |
| Order: | Stolidobranchia Lahille, 1887 |
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Stolidobranchia is an order of tunicates in the class Ascidiacea. The group includes both colonial and solitary animals. They are distinguished from other tunicates by the presence of folded pharyngeal baskets. This provides the etymology of their name: in ancient Greek, στολίς, ίδος means the "fold" of a cloth. Stolidobranchian sea squirts are also characterized by the complete absence of an abdomen. The abdominal organs of other tunicates are instead located to one side of the pharyngeal basket in this group.
Taxonomy
- Molgulidae Lacaze-Duthiers 1877
- Anomopera Hartmeyer, 1923
- Asajirus Kott, 1989
- Bostrichobranchus Traustedt, 1883
- Eugyra Alder & Hancock, 1870
- Fungulus Herdman, 1882
- Gamaster Pizon, 1896
- Minipera Monniot & Monniot, 1974
- Molgula Forbes, 1848
- Molguloides Huntsman, 1922
- Namiella Monniot & Monniot, 1968
- Oligotrema Bourne, 1903
- Paramolgula Traustedt, 1835
- Pareugyrioides Hartmeyer, 1914
- Protomolgula Monniot, 1971
- Rhizomolgula Ritter, 1901
- Pyuridae Hartmeyer 1908
- Bathypera Michaelsen, 1904
- Bathypyura Monniot & Monniot, 1973
- Boltenia Savigny, 1816
- Bolteniopsis Harant, 1927
- Claudenus Kott, 1998
- Cratostigma Monniot & Monniot, 1961
- Ctenyura Van Name, 1918
- Culeolus Herdman, 1881
- Halocynthia Verrill, 1879
- Hartmeyeria Ritter, 1913
- Hemistyela Millar, 1955
- Herdmania Lahille, 1888
- Heterostigma Ärnbäck-Christie-Linde, 1924
- Microcosmus Heller, 1877
- Paraculeolus Vinogradova, 1970
- Pyura Molina, 1782
- Styelidae Sluiter 1895
- Alloeocarpa Michaelsen, 1900
- Arnbackia Brewin, 1950
- Asterocarpa Brewin, 1946
- Bathyoncus Herdman, 1882
- Bathystyeloides Seeliger, 1907
- Berillia Brewin, 1952
- Botryllocarpa Hartmeyer, 1909
- Botrylloides Milne-Edwards, 1841
- Botryllus Gaertner, 1774
- Chorizocarpa Michaelsen, 1904
- Cnemidocarpa Huntsman, 1913
- Dendrodoa MacLeay, 1824
- Dextrocarpa Millar, 1955
- Diandrocarpa Van Name, 1902
- Dicarpa Millar, 1955
- Distomus Gaertner, 1774
- Eusynstyela Michaelsen, 1904
- Gynandrocarpa Michaelsen, 1900
- Kukenthalia Hartmeyer, 1903
- Metandrocarpa Michaelsen, 1904
- Monandrocarpa Michaelsen, 1904
- Oculinaria Gray, 1868
- Oligocarpa Hartmeyer, 1911
- Pelonaia Forbes & Goodsir, 1841
- Podostyela Harant & Vernières, 1933
- Polyandrocarpa Michaelsen, 1904
- Polycarpa Heller, 1877
- Polyzoa Lesson, 1831
- Protostyela Millar, 1954
- Psammobotrus Oka, 1932
- Psammostyela Weinstein, 1961
- Seriocarpa Diehl, 1969
- Stolonica Lacaze-Duthiers & Délage, 1892
- Styela Fleming, 1822
- Symplegma Herdman, 1886
- Syncarpa Redikorzev, 1913
- Theodorella Michaelsen, 1922
- Tibitin Monniot, 1983
References
- Lambert, G.; Gittenberger, A.; Sanamyan, K. (2015). Stolidobranchia. In: Shenkar, N.; Gittenberger, A.; Lambert, G.; Rius, M.; Moreira Da Rocha, R.; Swalla, B.J.; Turon, X. (2015) Ascidiacea World Database. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species on 2015-12-23
Barnes, Robert D. (1982). Invertebrate Zoology. Philadelphia, PA: Holt-Saunders International. p. 1042. ISBN 0-03-056747-5.
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