Pleurogona
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Suborder Stolidobranchia
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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].
[edit] References
- ^ Leathery sea squirt Styela clava Herdman, 1881. CSIRO (2006-12-07).
- ^ Asian stalked sea squirt, Pacific rough sea squirt (Styela clava). University of Rhode Island.
- ^ Invasive sea squirt (Styela clava) fact sheet. NIWA Science.
- ^ M.J. de Kluijver & S.S. Ingalsuo. Macrobenthos of the North Sea: Botrylloides leachi. University of Amsterdam.
- ^ Andrew N. Cohen (2005-06-07). Guide to the Exotic Species of San Francisco Bay: Botrylloides violaceus Oka, 1927. San Francisco Estuary Institute.
- ^ M.J. de Kluijver & S.S. Ingalsuo. Macrobenthos of the North Sea: Botrylloides schlosseri. University of Amsterdam.