Corella (tunicate)

Corella
Corella inflata
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Subphylum:	Tunicata
Class:	Ascidiacea
Order:	Phlebobranchia
Family:	Corellidae
Genus:	Corella Alder & Hancock, 1870[1]
Species
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Corella is a genus of sea squirts belonging to the family Corellidae. The genome of Corella inflata has been sequenced which has provided insight into tunicate evolution [2]

Genera

The World Register of Marine Species includes the following species in this genus:[1]

• Corella aequabilis Sluiter, 1904
• Corella antarctica Sluiter, 1905
• Corella borealis Traustedt, 1886
• Corella brewinae Monniot F., 2013
• Corella eumyota Traustedt, 1882
• Corella halli Kott, 1951
• Corella inflata Huntsman, 1912
• Corella japonica Herdman, 1880
• Corella minuta Traustedt, 1882
• Corella parallelogramma (Müller, 1776)
• Corella willmeriana Herdman, 1898

References

1. Sanamyan, K.; Monniot, C. (2007). "Corella: Alder & Hancock, 1870". WoRMS. World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved 22 September 2017.
2. DeBiasse, Melissa B.; Colgan, William N.; Harris, Lincoln; Davidson, Bradley; Ryan, Joseph F. (2020-06-01). "Inferring Tunicate Relationships and the Evolution of the Tunicate Hox Cluster with the Genome of Corella inflata". Genome Biology and Evolution. 12 (6): 948–964. doi:10.1093/gbe/evaa060. PMC 7337526. PMID 32211845.

External links

• Data related to Corella at Wikispecies