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Phlebobranchia Lahille 1886

Morphology

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A large group containing both compound and simple ascidians, distinguished chiefly by the character of the branchial sac, which is flat, without large pleats or folds, though minute undulations may occur. A system of slender, tubular, internal longitudinal vessels (usually numerous and equally spaced) raised on supporting papillae is normally present on the inner surface of the sac, though in a few genera it has become rudimentary or lost. Branchial tentacles always simple; stigmata either straight or spiral in arrangement; gonads present on one side of the body only, usually situated in, or in close relation to, the intestinal loop. Test usually more or less gelatinous and translucent, though often tough. (Van Name 1945: 155)
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Phlebobranchia

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Phlebobranchia is an order of sea squirts in the class Ascidiacea,[1] first described by Fernando Lahille in 1886.[2]

Characteristics

Ascidia incrassata, "Red spotted sea squirt".

The group includes both colonial and solitary animals. They are distinguished from other sea squirts by the presence of longitudinal vessels in the pharyngeal basket. This provides the etymology of their name: in ancient greek, φλέψς, φλεβός means "blood vessel". Another characteristic of phlebobranchians is the gonads being surrounded by a loop of gut. The posterior part of the abdomen is absent, and many species also lack the epicardial cavity that surrounds the heart and other internal organs in many other sea squirts.[3]

Taxonomy

References

  1. ^ Gittenberger, A.; Sanamyan, K. (2015). Phlebobranchia. In: Shenkar, N.; Gittenberger, A.; Lambert, G.; Rius, M.; Moreira Da Rocha, R.; Swalla, B.J.; Turon, X. (2015) Ascidiacea World Database. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species on 2015-12-23
  2. ^ Lahille, F. (1886). Sur le classification des Tuniciers. C.R. Acad. Sci. Paris. 16: 1573-1575
  3. ^ Barnes, Robert D. (1982). Invertebrate Zoology. Philadelphia, PA: Holt-Saunders International. p. 1042. ISBN 0-03-056747-5.

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Phlebobranchia: Brief Summary

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Phlebobranchia is an order of sea squirts in the class Ascidiacea, first described by Fernando Lahille in 1886.

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