Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Subkingdom Eumetazoa > Phylum Chordata > Subphylum Tunicata > Class Ascidiacea

Stolidobranchia Lahille, 1886

Rank: Order
Taxon Status: accepted

Children

Molgulidae Lacaze-Duthiers, 1877
Pyuridae Hartmeyer, 1908
Styelidae Herdman, 1881

Vernaculars (+) (-)

Japanese: マボヤ亜目

Literature

original description	Lahille, F. (1886). Sur le classification des Tuniciers. C.R. Acad. Sci. Paris. 16: 1573-1575.
basis of record	Monniot, C. (2001). Ascidiacea & Sorberacea. In: Costello, M.J. et al. (Ed.) (2001). European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels. 50: pp. 352-355.
additional source	Zeng, L.; Jacobs, M. W.; Swalla, B. J. (2006). Coloniality has evolved once in Stolidobranch Ascidians. Integrative and Comparative Biology. 46(3): 255-268.

Genbank

Citation

Shenkar, N.; Gittenberger, A.; Lambert, G.; Rius, M.; Moreira da Rocha, R.; Swalla, B.J.; Turon, X. (2025). Ascidiacea World Database. Stolidobranchia. Via: Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvantidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2011) European Register of Marine Species, Accessed through PESI at http://www.eu-nomen.eu/portal/taxon.php?GUID=urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:103436