Rhopalaea

Rhopalaea crassa
	Rhopalaea cf. crassa in Philippines
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Subphylum:	Tunicata
Class:	Ascidiacea
Superorder:	Phlebobranchia
Order:	Enterogona
Family:	Diazonidae
Genus:	Rhopalaea; Philippi, 1843
Species
	21 species (see text)
Synonyms
	Rhopalona Roule, 1886 (unnecessary nomen novum for Rhopalaea) ; Herdman, 1890 Rhopalopsis ;

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

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

^ ^a ^b Philippi, R. A. (1843). "Rhopalaea ein neues Genus der einfachen Ascidien". Archiv für Anatomie, Physiologie und Wissenschaftliche Medicin. 1843: 45–57.
^ ^a ^b ^c 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.
^ ^a ^b "Rhopalaea Philippi, 1843". Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Retrieved 27 January 2022.

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[Philippi_1843-1] Philippi, R. A. (1843). "Rhopalaea ein neues Genus der einfachen Ascidien". Archiv für Anatomie, Physiologie und Wissenschaftliche Medicin. 1843: 45–57.

[WoRMS-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.

[GBIF-3] "Rhopalaea Philippi, 1843". Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Retrieved 27 January 2022.

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Rhopalaea

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