Pleurogona

Pleurogona
Botrylloides leachi
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Subphylum: Tunicata
Class: Ascidiacea
Order: Pleurogona
Suborders and families

Suborder Stolidobranchia

  • Family Botryllidae

Pleurogona is an order of tunicates. One of the more invasive species of this order is the "stalked (or leathery or solitary) sea squirt" Styela clava .[1][2][3] Another invasive genus include the "chain sea squirts or chain tunicates" of the genus Botrylloides [4][5] and the "golden star tunicate" Botryllus schlosseri .[6]

References

  1. ^ "Leathery sea squirt Styela clava Herdman, 1881". CSIRO. 2006-12-07. http://www.marine.csiro.au/crimp/nimpis/spsummary.asp?txa=6836. 
  2. ^ "Asian stalked sea squirt, Pacific rough sea squirt (Styela clava)". University of Rhode Island. http://omp.gso.uri.edu/doee/biota/inverts/tuni/as.htm. 
  3. ^ "Invasive sea squirt (Styela clava) fact sheet". NIWA Science. http://www.niwascience.co.nz/ncabb/tools/sea_squirt. 
  4. ^ M.J. de Kluijver & S.S. Ingalsuo. "Macrobenthos of the North Sea: Botrylloides leachi". University of Amsterdam. http://ip30.eti.uva.nl/bis/tunicata.php?menuentry=soorten&id=20. 
  5. ^ Andrew N. Cohen (2005-06-07). "Guide to the Exotic Species of San Francisco Bay: Botrylloides violaceus Oka, 1927". San Francisco Estuary Institute. http://www.exoticsguide.org/species_pages/b_violaceus.html. 
  6. ^ M.J. de Kluijver & S.S. Ingalsuo. "Macrobenthos of the North Sea: Botrylloides schlosseri". University of Amsterdam. http://ip30.eti.uva.nl/bis/tunicata.php?selected=beschrijving&menuentry=soorten&id=21.