Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Subkingdom Eumetazoa > Phylum Chordata > Subphylum Tunicata > Class Ascidiacea > Order Aplousobranchia > Family Clavelinidae

Pycnoclavella Garstang, 1891

Rank: Genus
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Archiascidia*	Julin, 1904	synonym

Children

Pycnoclavella aurilucens Garstang, 1891
Pycnoclavella nana (Lahille, 1890)
Pycnoclavella neapolitana (Julin, 1904)
Pycnoclavella producta (Milne Edwards, 1841)
Pycnoclavella stolonialis Pérez-Portela R., Goodwin C.E., Picton B.E. & Turon X., 2010
Pycnoclavella taureanensis Brunetti, 1991

Literature

original description	Garstang, W. (1891). Note on a new and primitive type of compound ascidian. Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist., ser.6. 265-268. Also in Zool. Anz., 45: 422-424.
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	Hayward, P.J. & J.S. Ryland (Eds.). (1990). The marine fauna of the British Isles and North-West Europe: 1. Introduction and protozoans to arthropods. Clarendon Press: Oxford, UK. 627 pp.
additional source	Neave, Sheffield Airey. (1939-1996). Nomenclator Zoologicus vol. 1-10 Online. [Online Nomenclator Zoologicus at Checklistbank. Ubio link has gone].
additional source	Sanamyan, K. (2007). Database of extant Ascidiacea. Version of 2 November 2007.

Genbank

Citation

Shenkar, N.; Gittenberger, A.; Lambert, G.; Rius, M.; Moreira da Rocha, R.; Swalla, B.J.; Turon, X. (2025). Ascidiacea World Database. Pycnoclavella Garstang, 1891. 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:103454