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   This tunicate classification only concerns species from Western Europe; thus, non-European and fossil species are excluded. Only the classification for the species presented in this website is fully mentionned; else, if a species is not referred to in this website, this classification is incomplete.

Classification of West-European Tunicates

Appendicularians, ascidians, salps

  • Phylum Chordata Bateson, 1885
  • Subphylum Tunicata Lamarck, 1816
  • Class Larvacea
  • Order Copelata
  • Family Oikopleuridae
  • See photo of Oikopleura dioica Oikopleura dioica Fol, 1872
  • Class Ascidiacea
  • Order Aplousobranchia
  • Family Polyclinidae
  • Family Didemnidae
  • See photo of Didemnum sp. Didemnum sp. 
  • See photo of Didemnum maculosum Didemnum maculosum (Milne-Edwards, 1841)
  • See photo of Diplosoma listerianum Diplosoma listerianum (Milne-Edwards, 1841)
  • See photo of Diplosoma spongiforme See description of Diplosoma spongiforme Diplosoma spongiforme Giard, 1872
  • See photo of Lissoclinum perforatum Lissoclinum perforatum (Giard, 1872)
  • See photo of Lissoclinum cf. weigelei Lissoclinum cf. weigelei Lafargue, 1968
  • See photo of Polysyncraton bilobatum Polysyncraton bilobatum Lafargue, 1968
  • See photo of Polysyncraton lacazei Polysyncraton lacazei (Giard, 1872)
  • Family Clavelinidae
  • Family Polycitoridae
  • See photo of Cystodytes dellechiajei Cystodytes dellechiajei Della Valle, 1877
  • Order Phlebobranchia
  • Family Cionidae
  • Family Ascidiidae
  • Ordre des Stolidobranchia
  • Family Styelidae
  • Family Pyuridae
  • Class Thaliacea
  • Order Pyrosomatida
  • This order is only mentionned for information.
    There is no representative of Pyrosomatida in west European seas.
  • Order Salpida
  • Family Salpidae
  • Order Doliolida
  • This order is only mentionned for information.
    There is no representative of Doliolida in west European seas.
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