Adagnesia

Adagnesia
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Subphylum: Tunicata
Class: Ascidiacea
Order: Phlebobranchia
Family: Agneziidae
Genus: Adagnesia
Kott, 1963
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Paratype site (QMGH4945 Rous Channel, Moreton Bay)[1]

Adagnesia is a genus of tunicates in the family Agneziidae, first described in 1963 by Patricia Kott.[2][3] The type species is Adagnesia opaca Kott, 1963.[2][3]

In Australia it is found in seas off New South Wales, Queensland and Victoria at depths of up to 5000 metres.[2] However, around the world it is found in seas of both the northern and southern Atlantic Oceans, and the eastern and southern Pacific basins.[2]

Cladogram for this genus, taken from the Catalogue of Life:[4]

Agneziidae

References

  1. ^ Queensland Museum (2023). "Queensland Museum provider for OZCAM: occurrence 1066751904". gbif.org. Retrieved 10 July 2024.
  2. ^ a b c d "Genus Adagnesia Kott, 1963". Australian Faunal Directory. Australian Government. Retrieved 9 July 2024.
  3. ^ a b Patricia Kott (1963). "Adagnesia opaca gen. nov., sp. nov., a remarkable ascidian of the family Agnesiidae from Moreton Bay, Queensland" (PDF). 'University of Queensland Papers, Department of Zoology. 2 (3). University of Queensland: 75-79 [76]. Wikidata Q127303728.
  4. ^ Bisby F.A., Roskov Y.R., Orrell T.M., Nicolson D., Paglinawan L.E., Bailly N., Kirk P.M., Bourgoin T., Baillargeon G., Ouvrard D. (red.) (2011). "Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life: 2011 Annual Checklist". Species 2000: Reading, UK. Retrieved 24 September 2012.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)


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