Higher taxa:  Life   Urochordata   IDnature guide: Groups_other

Kinds

Agnesiidae Ascidiidae Cionidae Clavelinidae Corellidae Diazonidae Didemnidae Dimeatidae Doliolidae Doliopsidae Doliopsoididae Euherdmanniidae Fritillaridae, Pelagic tunicates Hexacrobylidae Holozoidae Kowalevskiidae, Pelagic tunicates Molgulidae Octacnemidae Oikopleuridae, Pelagic tunicates Paradoliopsidae Perophoridae Plurellidae Polycitoridae Polyclinidae Protopolyclinidae Pseudodistomidae Pycnoclavellidae Pyrosomatidae Pyuridae Ritterellidae Salpidae Stomozoidae Styelidae

Overview

A group of chordates that are mostly saclike filter feeders as adults, with motile larvae stages that resemble a tadpole.

Phylogeny

Tree of Life

Links to other sites

Introduction to the Urochordata, University of California Museum of Paleontology Sea Squirts- Subphylum Urochordata, University of Guelph, Ontario, Canada

Acknowledgements

Ashley MacDonald, University of Georgia, Athens I thank John Pickering for his assistance with the development of this page.