Asajirus

Asajirus
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Subphylum:	Tunicata
Class:	Ascidiacea
Order:	Stolidobranchia
Family:	Molgulidae
Genus:	Asajirus Kott, 1989

Asajirus is a genus of marine tunicates.^[1] Asajirus indicus was found on the Antarctic Peninsula, west of Palmer Archipelago at a depth of 2763-2818m.^[2]

Species

• Asajirus arcticus (Hartmeyer, 1923)
• Asajirus dichotomus (Monniot & Monniot, 1984)
• Asajirus eunuchus (Monniot F. & Monniot C., 1976)
• Asajirus gulosus (Monniot & Monniot, 1984)
• Asajirus hemisphericus (Monniot & Monniot, 1990)
• Asajirus indicus (Oka, 1913)
• Asajirus ledanoisi (Monniot C. & Monniot F., 1990)
• Asajirus ovirarus (Monniot & Monniot, 1990)

References

1. Moreira da Rocha, R.; Sanamyan, K. (2015). Asajirus Kott, 1989. 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 at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=146729 on 2015-09-10
2. "Invertebrate Zoology | Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History".