Clavelina ("little bottle") is genus of sea squirts (Ascidiacea).
Species
The genus contains the following species:
- Clavelina amplexa <small>Kott, 2002</small>
- Clavelina arafurensis <small>Tokioka, 1952</small>
- Clavelina auracea <small>Monniot, 1997</small>
- Clavelina australis <small>(Herdman, 1899)</small>
- Clavelina baudinensis <small>Kott, 1957</small>
- Clavelina borealis <small>Savigny, 1816</small>
- Clavelina brasiliensis <small>(Millar, 1977)</small>
- Clavelina breve <small>Monniot, 1997</small>
- Clavelina coerulea <small>Oka, 1934</small>
- Clavelina concrescens <small>Hartmeyer, 1924</small>
- Clavelina cyclus <small>Tokioka & Nishikawa, 1975</small>
- Clavelina cylindrica <small>(Quoy & Gaimard, 1834)</small>
- Clavelina dagysa <small>(Kott, 1957)</small>
- Clavelina dellavallei <small>(Zirpolo, 1825)</small>
- Clavelina detorta <small>(Sluiter, 1904)</small>
- Clavelina elegans <small>(Oka, 1927)</small>
- Clavelina enormis <small>Herdman, 1880</small>
- Clavelina fasciculata <small>Van Name, 1945</small>
- Clavelina fecunda <small>(Sluiter, 1904)</small>
- Clavelina gemmae <small>Turon, 2005</small>
- Clavelina huntsmani <small>Van Name, 1931</small>
- Clavelina kottae <small>(Millar, 1960)</small>
- Clavelina lepadiformis <small>(Müller, 1776)</small>
- Clavelina maculata <small>Monniot & Monniot, 2001</small>
- Clavelina meridionalis <small>(Herdman, 1891)</small>
- Clavelina michaelseni <small>Millar, 1982</small>
- Clavelina miniata <small>Watanabe & Tokioka, 1973</small>
- Clavelina minuta <small>Tokioka, 1962</small>
- Clavelina mirabilis <small>Kott, 1972</small>
- Clavelina moluccensis <small>(Sluiter, 1904)</small>
- Clavelina neapolitana <small>Della Valle, 1881</small>
- Clavelina nigra <small>Kott, 1990</small>
- Clavelina obesa <small>Nishikawa & Tokioka, 1976</small>
- Clavelina oblonga <small>Herdman, 1880</small>
- Clavelina oliva <small>Kott, 1990</small>
- Clavelina ossipandae <small>Hasegawa & Kahijira, 2024</small>
- Clavelina ostrearium <small>(Michaelsen, 1930)</small>
- Clavelina phlegraea <small>Salfi, 1929</small>
- Clavelina picta <small>(Verrill, 1900)</small>
- Clavelina polycitorella <small>(Tokioka, 1954)</small>
- Clavelina pseudobaudinensis <small>(Kott, 1976)</small>
- Clavelina puertosecensis <small>Millar & Goodbody, 1974</small>
- Clavelina robusta <small>Kott, 1990</small>
- Clavelina roseola <small>Millar, 1955</small>
- Clavelina sabbadini <small>Brunetti, 1987</small>
- Clavelina simplex <small>Kott, 2006</small>
- Clavelina steenbrasensis <small>Millar, 1955</small>
- Clavelina viola <small>Tokioka & Nishikawa, 1976</small>
Phylogeny
A 2024 study of cytochrome c oxidase subunit I gene sequences found that Clavelina was paraphyletic to the genus Nephtheis.
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