NOAA National Benthic Inventory

Taxonomy and Nomenclature

Kingdom: Animalia
Rank: Genus

Taxonomic Status

Current Standing: valid
Credibility Rating: TWG standards met
Global Species Completeness: partial
Latest Record Review: 2004

Taxonomic Heirarchy

  Family - Ascidiidae
  Suborder - Phlebobranchia
  Order - Enterogona
  Class - Ascidiacea
  Subphylum - Urochordata
  Phylum - Chordata
  Infrakingdom - Deuterostomia
  Subkingdom - Bilateria
  Kingdom - Animalia

      Direct Children

      Species - Ascidia prunum
      Species - Ascidia callosa
      Species - Ascidia obliqua
      Species - Ascidia ceratodes
      Species - Ascidia paratropa
      Species - Ascidia unalaskensis
      Species - Ascidia vermiformis
      Species - Ascidia mentula
      Species - Ascidia conchilega
      Species - Ascidia virginea
      Species - Ascidia interrupta
      Species - Ascidia curvata
      Species - Ascidia dijmphniana
      Species - Ascidia nigra
      Species - Ascidia corelloides
      Species - Ascidia syneiensis
      Species - Ascidia meridionalis
      Species - Ascidia challengeri
      Species - Ascidia dispar
      Species - Ascidia translucida
      Species - Ascidia clementea