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Styelidae Sluiter, 1895 
AphiaID: 103450

Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Chordata (Phylum) > Tunicata (Subphylum) > Ascidiacea (Class) > Stolidobranchia (Order)
Status accepted
Record
status
 Checked by Taxonomic Editor
Rank Family
Parent Stolidobranchia
Synonymised
taxa
  Botryllidae (Following classification of type genus)
Sources  basis of record: Sanamyan, K. (2007). Database of extant Ascidiacea. Version of 2 November 2007. (look up in IMIS[details]

additional source: Hayward, P.J.; Ryland, J.S. (Ed.) (1990). The marine fauna of the British Isles and North-West Europe: 1. Introduction and protozoans to arthropods. Clarendon Press: Oxford, UK. ISBN 0-19-857356-1. 627 pp. (look up in IMIS[details]

additional source: Monniot, C. (2001). Ascidiacea & Sorberacea, in: Costello, M.J. et al. (Ed.) (2001). European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels, 50: pp. 352-355 (look up in IMIS[details]

Direct child
taxa

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 Genus Alloeocarpa Michaelsen, 1900
Genus Arnbackia Brewin, 1950
Genus Asterocarpa Brewin, 1946
Genus Bathyoncus Herdman, 1882
Genus Bathystyeloides Seeliger, 1907
Genus Berillia Brewin, 1952
Genus Botryllocarpa Hartmeyer, 1909
Genus Botrylloides Milne-Edwards, 1841
Genus Botryllus Gaertner, 1774
Genus Chorizocarpa Michaelsen, 1904
Genus Cnemidocarpa Huntsman, 1913
Genus Dendrodoa MacLeay, 1824
Genus Dextrocarpa Millar, 1955
Genus Diandrocarpa Van Name, 1902
Genus Dicarpa Millar, 1955
Genus Distomus Gaertner, 1774
Genus Eusynstyela Michaelsen, 1904
Genus Gynandrocarpa Michaelsen, 1900
Genus Kukenthalia Hartmeyer, 1903
Genus Metandrocarpa Michaelsen, 1904
Genus Monandrocarpa Michaelsen, 1904
Genus Oculinaria Gray, 1868
Genus Oligocarpa Hartmeyer, 1911
Genus Pelonaia Forbes & Goodsir, 1841
Genus Podostyela
Genus Polyandrocarpa Michaelsen, 1904
Genus Polycarpa Heller, 1877
Genus Polyzoa Lesson, 1831
Genus Protostyela Millar, 1954
Genus Psammobotrus Oka, 1932
Genus Psammostyela Weinstein, 1961
Genus Seriocarpa Diehl, 1969
Genus Stolonica Lacaze-Duthiers & Délage, 1892
Genus Styela Fleming, 1822
Genus Symplegma Herdman, 1886
Genus Syncarpa Redikorzev, 1913
Genus Theodorella Michaelsen, 1922
Genus Tibitin Monniot, 1983

Genus Styeloides (nomen nudum)
Genus Synstyela Giard, 1874 (nomen nudum)

Genus Alcyonium Pallas, 1766 accepted as Botryllus Gaertner, 1774
Genus Alleocarpa Michaelsen, 1900 accepted as Alloeocarpa Michaelsen, 1900
Genus Alloecarpa accepted as Alloeocarpa Michaelsen, 1900
Genus Amphicarpa Michaelsen, 1922 accepted as Stolonica Lacaze-Duthiers & Délage, 1892
Genus Azygocarpa Oka, 1932 accepted as Cnemidocarpa Huntsman, 1913
Genus Botryorchis Huntsman, 1911 accepted as Styela Fleming, 1822
Genus Chorizocormus Herdman, 1886 accepted as Polyzoa Lesson, 1831
Genus Clavellinopsis Fewkes, 1889 accepted as Styela Fleming, 1822
Genus Dictyostyela Oka, 1926 accepted as Polyzoa Lesson, 1831
Genus Glandula Stimpson, 1852 accepted as Polycarpa Heller, 1877
Genus Goniocarpa Huntsman, 1912 accepted as Styela Fleming, 1822
Genus Goodsiria Cunningham, 1871 accepted as Polyzoa Lesson, 1831
Genus Katatropa Huntsman, 1912 accepted as Styela Fleming, 1822
Genus Metrocarpa Ärnbäck-Christie-Linde, 1923 accepted as Botrylloides Milne-Edwards, 1841
Genus Michaelsenia Van Name, 1902 accepted as Eusynstyela Michaelsen, 1904
Genus Minostyela Kott, 1969 accepted as Styela Fleming, 1822
Genus Molstyela Oka, 1934 accepted as Styela Fleming, 1822
Genus Monoandrocarpa Kott, 1972 accepted as Monandrocarpa Michaelsen, 1904
Genus Monobotryllus (A. Agassiz, 1880) accepted as Polyzoa Lesson, 1831
Genus Myxobotrus Oka, 1931 accepted as Botryllus Gaertner, 1774
Genus Okamia Brewin, 1948 accepted as Metandrocarpa Michaelsen, 1904
Genus Pandocia Fleming, 1822 accepted as Polycarpa Heller, 1877
Genus Parabotryllus Kott, 1975 accepted as Botryllus Gaertner, 1774
Genus Paratona Huntsman, 1913 accepted as Polycarpa Heller, 1877
Genus Polycyclus Lamarck, 1815 accepted as Botryllus Gaertner, 1774
Genus Protobotryllus Pizon, 1908 accepted as Botryllocarpa Hartmeyer, 1909
Genus Psammobothrus accepted as Psammobotrus Oka, 1932
Genus Psilostyela Sluiter, 1927 accepted as Distomus Gaertner, 1774
Genus Redikorzevia Oka, 1929 accepted as Styela Fleming, 1822
Genus Sarcobotrylloides Drasche, 1883 accepted as Botrylloides Milne-Edwards, 1841
Genus Styelopsis Traustedt, 1883 accepted as Dendrodoa MacLeay, 1824
Genus Stylea accepted as Styela Fleming, 1822
Genus Thylacium Alder & Hancock, 1907 accepted as Stolonica Lacaze-Duthiers & Délage, 1892
Genus Vannamea Oka, 1932 accepted as Styela Fleming, 1822
Genus Ypsilocarpa Arnback, 1922 accepted as Cnemidocarpa Huntsman, 1913
Environment marine, fresh, terrestrial
Feedingtype  suspension feeder [details]
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LSID urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:103450
Taxonomic
Edit history
 
Date   action   by
2004-12-21 15:54:05Z  created  Monniot, Claude
2007-12-04 16:57:19Z  checked  Sanamyan, Karen
2010-06-24 16:57:39Z  changed  Gittenberger, Arjan
2012-11-21 13:48:44Z  changed  Lambert, Gretchen
  
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  Citation: Lambert, G.; Gittenberger, A.; Sanamyan, K.; Monniot, C. (2013). Styelidae. In: Shenkar, N.; Gittenberger, A.; Lambert, G.; Rius, M.; Moreira Da Rocha, R.; Swalla, B.J.; Turron, X. (2013) Ascidiacea World Database. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=103450 on 2013-05-22
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