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Pycnoclavella
Pycnoclavella taureanensis
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Subphylum: Tunicata
Class: Ascidiacea
Order: Aplousobranchia
Family: Clavelinidae
Genus: Pycnoclavella
Garstang, 1891[1]
Type species
Pycnoclavella aurilucens
Garstang, 1891
Synonyms[2]
  • Archiascidia Julin, 1904[3]

Pycnoclavella is a genus of sea squirts first circumscribed by Walter Garstang in 1891.[1] The generic name comes from the Ancient Greek πυκνός (puknós) meaning "closely united".[1] In 1990, Patricia Kott placed Pycnoclavella in its own family, Pycnoclavellidae, but in 2008 it was moved back to Clavelinidae.[4]

As of 2018, WoRMS recognizes the following species:[2]

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