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Clavelina Savigny, 1816

AphiaID

103453 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:103453)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Genus

Parent

Clavelinidae Forbes & Hanley, 1848

Synonymised names

Bradiclavella Zirpolo, 1925 · unaccepted (Synonym)

Chondrostachys Macdonald, 1858 · unaccepted (Synonym)

Dendroclavella Oka, 1927 · unaccepted (Synonym)

Podoclavella Herdman, 1890 · unaccepted (Synonym)

Rhodozona Van Name, 1902 · unaccepted (Synonym)

Stereoclavella Herdman, 1890 · unaccepted (Synonym)

Steroclavella Herdman, 1890 · unaccepted (misspelling)

Synclavella Caullery, 1900 · unaccepted (Synonym)

Direct children (67)

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Species Clavelina amplexa Kott, 2002
Species Clavelina arafurensis Tokioka, 1952
Species Clavelina auracea Monniot C., 1997
Species Clavelina australis (Herdman, 1899)
Species Clavelina baudinensis Kott, 1957
Species Clavelina borealis Savigny, 1816
Species Clavelina brasiliensis (Millar, 1977)
Species Clavelina breve Monniot C., 1997
Species Clavelina coerulea Oka, 1934
Species Clavelina concrescens Hartmeyer, 1924
Species Clavelina cyclus Tokioka & Nishikawa, 1975
Species Clavelina cylindrica (Quoy & Gaimard, 1834)
Species Clavelina dagysa (Kott, 1957)
Species Clavelina dellavallei (Zirpolo, 1925)
Species Clavelina detorta (Sluiter, 1904)
Species Clavelina elegans (Oka, 1927)
Species Clavelina enormis Herdman, 1880
Species Clavelina erwinorum Turon & Lopez-Legentil, 2024
Species Clavelina fasciculata Van Name, 1945
Species Clavelina fecunda (Sluiter, 1904)
Species Clavelina gemmae Turon, 2005
Species Clavelina huntsmani Van Name, 1931
Species Clavelina kottae (Millar, 1960)
Species Clavelina lepadiformis (Müller, 1776)
Species Clavelina maculata Monniot F. & Monniot C., 2001
Species Clavelina meridionalis (Herdman, 1891)
Species Clavelina michaelseni Millar, 1982
Species Clavelina miniata Watanabe & Tokioka, 1973
Species Clavelina minuta Tokioka, 1962
Species Clavelina mirabilis Kott, 1972
Species Clavelina moluccensis (Sluiter, 1904)
Species Clavelina neapolitana Della Valle, 1881
Species Clavelina nigra Kott, 1990
Species Clavelina obesa Nishikawa & Tokioka, 1976
Species Clavelina oblonga Herdman, 1880
Species Clavelina oliva Kott, 1990
Species Clavelina ossipandae Hasegawa & Kajihara, 2024
Species Clavelina ostrearium (Michaelsen, 1930)
Species Clavelina pawliki Turon & Lopez-Legentil, 2024
Species Clavelina picta (Verrill, 1900)
Species Clavelina polycitorella (Tokioka, 1954)
Species Clavelina pseudobaudinensis (Kott, 1976)
Species Clavelina puertosecensis Millar & Goodbody, 1974
Species Clavelina robusta Kott, 1990
Species Clavelina rochae Turon & Lopez-Legentil, 2024
Species Clavelina sabbadini Brunetti, 1987
Species Clavelina simplex Kott, 2006
Species Clavelina steenbrasensis Millar, 1955
Species Clavelina viola Tokioka & Nishikawa, 1976
Species Clavelina brasilensis (Millar, 1977) accepted as Clavelina brasiliensis (Millar, 1977) (synonym)
Species Clavelina chrystallina Moeller, 1842 accepted as Molgula griffithsii (MacLeay, 1825) (original combination)
Species Clavelina claviformis (Herdman, 1899) accepted as Euclavella claviformis (Herdman, 1899) (new combination)
Species Clavelina crystallina Moeller, 1842 accepted as Molgula griffithsii (MacLeay, 1825) (literature misspelling)
Species Clavelina dentatosiphonis Millar, 1975 accepted as Euherdmania dentatosiphonis (Millar, 1975) (original combination)
Species Clavelina diminuta Kott, 1957 accepted as Pycnoclavella diminuta (Kott, 1957) (original combination)
Species Clavelina flava Monniot F., 1988 accepted as Pycnoclavella flava (Monniot F., 1988)
Species Clavelina gigantea Van Name, 1921 accepted as Stomozoa gigantea (Van Name, 1921) (original combination)
Species Clavelina molluccensis (Sluiter, 1904) accepted as Clavelina moluccensis (Sluiter, 1904) (literature misspelling)
Species Clavelina nana Lahille, 1890 accepted as Pycnoclavella nana (Lahille, 1890)
Species Clavelina nodula Kott, 1972 accepted as Pycnoclavella diminuta (Kott, 1957) (original combination)
Species Clavelina phlegraea Salfi, 1929 accepted as Clavelina oblonga Herdman, 1880 (synonym)
Species Clavelina producta Milne Edwards, 1841 accepted as Pycnoclavella producta (Milne Edwards, 1841) (original combination)
Species Clavelina pumillo Milne Edwards, 1841 accepted as Clavelina lepadiformis (Müller, 1776) (original combination)
Species Clavelina rissoana Milne Edwards, 1841 accepted as Clavelina lepadiformis (Müller, 1776) (original combination)
Species Clavelina roseola Millar, 1955 accepted as Stomozoa gigantea (Van Name, 1921)
Species Clavelina savigniana Milne Edwards, 1841 accepted as Clavelina lepadiformis (Müller, 1776) (original combination)
Species Clavelina sigillaria Michaelsen, 1924 accepted as Euclavella claviformis (Herdman, 1899) (original combination)

Environment

marine, ~~fresh~~, ~~terrestrial~~

Original description

Savigny, J. C. (1816). Recherches anatomiques sur les ascidies composées et sur les ascidies simples - Système de la classe des Ascidies. In: Mémoires sur les Animaux sans Vertèbres 2. Paris: G. Dufour. 1-229., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/bibliography/9154#/summary
page(s): 109 [details]

Taxonomic citation

Shenkar, N.; Gittenberger, A.; Lambert, G.; Rius, M.; Moreira da Rocha, R.; Swalla, B.J.; Turon, X. (2025). Ascidiacea World Database. Clavelina Savigny, 1816. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=103453 on 2025-04-03

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2004-12-21 15:54:05Z

created

Monniot, Claude

2007-12-02 20:16:11Z

changed

Vanden Berghe, Edward

2007-12-05 10:29:40Z

checked

Sanamyan, Karen

Licensing

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Nomenclature

original description Savigny, J. C. (1816). Recherches anatomiques sur les ascidies composées et sur les ascidies simples - Système de la classe des Ascidies. In: Mémoires sur les Animaux sans Vertèbres 2. Paris: G. Dufour. 1-229., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/bibliography/9154#/summary
page(s): 109 [details]

original description (of Dendroclavella Oka, 1927) Oka, A. (1927). Uber Dendroclavella, eine neue Gattung von sozialen Ascidien. Proc. Imp. Acad. 3: 555-557. [details]

original description (of Bradiclavella Zirpolo, 1925) Zirpolo, G. (1925). Su di un nuovo Clavelinide del Golfo di Napoli. Bollettino della Societa' dei Naturalisti in Napoli. 37: 189-192. [details]

original description (of Synclavella Caullery, 1900) Caullery, M. (1900). Sur des Clavelines nouvelles (Synclavella n.g.) constituant des cormus d'Ascidies composées. C.r. Acad. Sci.,Paris, 130: 1418-1420. [details]

basis of record 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]

Other

additional source Sanamyan, K. (2007). Database of extant Ascidiacea. Version of 2 November 2007. (look up in IMIS) [details]

additional source Hayward, P.J. & J.S. Ryland (Eds.). (1990). The marine fauna of the British Isles and North-West Europe: 1. Introduction and protozoans to arthropods. Clarendon Press: Oxford, UK. 627 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors