Superregnum: Eukaryota
Cladus: Unikonta
Cladus: Opisthokonta
Cladus: Holozoa
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Superphylum: Deuterostomia
Phylum: Chordata
Subphylum: Tunicata
Classis: Ascidiacea
Ordo: Stolidobranchia
Familia: Styelidae
Genera (39): Alloeocarpa – Amphicarpa – Arnbackia – Asterocarpa – Bathyoncus – Bathystyeloides – Berrillia – Botryllocarpa – Botrylloides – Botryllus – Chorizocarpa – Cnemidocarpa – Dendrodoa – Dextrocarpa – Diandrocarpa – Dicarpa – Distomus – Eusynstylea – Gynandrocarpa – Kukenthalia – Metandrocarpa – Monandrocarpa – Oculinaria – Oligocarpa – Pelonaia – Podostyela – Polyandrocarpa – Polycarpa – Polyzoa – Protostyela – Psammobotrus – Psammostyela – Seriocarpa – Stolonica – Styela – Symplegma – Syncarpa – Theodorella – Tibitin
Name
Styelidae Sluiter, 1895: 165, 179
Type genus: Styela Fleming, 1822.
Synonyms
Botryllidae Verrill, 1871
Type genus: Botryllus Gaertner, 1774.
References
Primary references
Sluiter, C.P. 1895. Tunicaten. In Semon, R. Zoologische Forschungsreisen in Australien und den Malayischen Archipel. Denkschriften der Medicinisch-Naturwissenschaftlichen Gesellschaft zu Jena 8: 163–186. BHL
Verrill, A.E. 1871. Descriptions of some imperfectly known and new ascidians from New England. American Journal of Science, Series 3, 1: 54–58, 93-100, 211-212, 288-294, 443-446.
Additional references
Brunetti, R. 2009. Botryllid species (Tunicata, Ascidiacea) from the Mediterranean coast of Israel, with some considerations on the systematics of Botryllinae. Zootaxa 2289: 18–32. Abstract & excerpt.
Brunetti, R., Manni, L., Mastrototaro, F., Gissi, C. & Gasparini, F. 2017. Fixation, description and DNA barcode of a neotype for Botryllus schlosseri (Pallas, 1766) (Tunicata, Ascidiacea). Zootaxa 4353(1): 29–50. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4353.1.2. Reference page.
Hasegawa, N. & Kajihara, H. 2019. A redescription of Syncarpa composita (Ascidiacea, Stolidobranchia) with an inference of its phylogenetic position within Styelidae. Zookeys, 857: 1–15. DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.857.32654 Reference page.
Monniot, F. 2018. Ascidians collected during the Madibenthos expedition in Martinique: 2. Stolidobranchia, Styelidae. Zootaxa 4410(2): 291–318. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4410.2.3 Paywall Reference page.
Sanamyan, K.E. & Sanamyan, N.P. 2017. Shallow-water Ascidians from Matua Island (central Kuril Islands, NW Pacific). Zootaxa 4232(3): 301–321. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4232.3.1 Paywall Reference page.
Styelidae is a family of ascidian tunicates.[1]
Genera
Alloeocarpa Michaelsen, 1900
Arnbackia Brewin, 1950
Asterocarpa Brewin, 1946
Bathyoncus Herdman, 1882
Bathystyeloides Seeliger, 1907
Berillia Brewin, 1952
Botryllocarpa Hartmeyer, 1909
Botrylloides Milne-Edwards, 1841
Botryllus Gaertner, 1774
Chorizocarpa Michaelsen, 1904
Chorizocormus Herdman, 1886
Cnemidocarpa Huntsman, 1913
Dendrodoa MacLeay, 1824
Dextrocarpa Millar, 1955
Diandrocarpa Van Name, 1902
Dicarpa Millar, 1955
Distomus Gaertner, 1774
Eusynstyela Michaelsen, 1904
Gynandrocarpa Michaelsen, 1900
Kukenthalia Hartmeyer, 1903
Metandrocarpa Michaelsen, 1904
Monandrocarpa Michaelsen, 1904
Oculinaria Gray, 1868
Oligocarpa Hartmeyer, 1911
Pelonaia Forbes & Goodsir, 1841
Podostyela
Polyandrocarpa Michaelsen, 1904
Polycarpa Heller, 1877
Polyzoa Lesson, 1831
Protostyela Millar, 1954
Psammostyela Weinstein, 1961
Seriocarpa Diehl, 1969
Stolonica Lacaze-Duthiers & Délage, 1892
Styela Fleming, 1822
Symplegma Herdman, 1886
Syncarpa Redikorzev, 1913
Theodorella Michaelsen, 1922
Tibitin Monniot, 1983
Nomina nuda
Styeloides Sluiter, 1895
Synstyela Giard, 1874
References
Lambert, G.; Gittenberger, A.; Sanamyan, K. (2015). Styelidae Sluiter, 1895. In: Shenkar, N.; Gittenberger, A.; Lambert, G.; Rius, M.; Moreira Da Rocha, R.; Swalla, B.J.; Turon, X. (2015) Ascidiacea World Database. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species on 2015-12-23
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