Rhopalaea

Rhopalaea is a genus of tunicates belonging to the family Diazonidae.[2][3] The genus has a cosmopolitan distribution in warm and temperate oceans.[3]

Rhopalaea crassa
Rhopalaea cf. crassa in Philippines
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Chordata
Subphylum:
Tunicata
Class:
Ascidiacea
Order:
Aplousobranchia
Family:
Diazonidae
Genus:
Rhopalaea

Species

21 species (see text)

Synonyms[2]
  • Rhopalona Roule, 1886 (unnecessary nomen novum for Rhopalaea)
  • Rhopalopsis Herdman, 1890

Species

The genus Rhopalaea has 21 recognized species:[2]

  • Rhopalaea abdominalis (Sluiter, 1898)
  • Rhopalaea bilobata Mondal J., Raghunathan & Mondal T., 2017
  • Rhopalaea birkelandi Tokioka, 1971
  • Rhopalaea circula Monniot F. & Monniot C., 2001
  • Rhopalaea cloneyi Vazquez & Young, 1996
  • Rhopalaea crassa (Herdman, 1880)
  • Rhopalaea defecta (Sluiter, 1904)
  • Rhopalaea desme Monniot F., 2003
  • Rhopalaea flemingi (Herdman, 1880)
  • Rhopalaea fusca (Herdman, 1880)
  • Rhopalaea hartmeyeri (Salfi, 1927)
  • Rhopalaea idoneta Shenkar, 2013
  • Rhopalaea macrothorax Tokioka, 1953
  • Rhopalaea meridionalis Kott, 2006
  • Rhopalaea neapolitana Philippi, 1843[1]
  • Rhopalaea orientalis (Pérès, 1958)
  • Rhopalaea perlucida Monniot C., 1997
  • Rhopalaea piru Monniot C. & Monniot F., 1987
  • Rhopalaea respiciens Monniot C., 1991
  • Rhopalaea sagamiana Oka, 1927
  • Rhopalaea tenuis (Sluiter, 1904)

References
  1. Philippi, R. A. (1843). "Rhopalaea ein neues Genus der einfachen Ascidien". Archiv für Anatomie, Physiologie und Wissenschaftliche Medicin. 1843: 45–57.
  2. Shenkar N, Gittenberger A, Lambert G, Rius M, Moreira Da Rocha R, Swalla BJ, Turon X, eds. (2022). "Rhopalaea Philippi, 1843". Ascidiacea World Database. World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved 27 January 2022.
  3. "Rhopalaea Philippi, 1843". Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Retrieved 27 January 2022.


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