Dendrodoa

Dendrodoa
Dendrodoa grossularia
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Subphylum:	Tunicata
Class:	Ascidiacea
Order:	Stolidobranchia
Family:	Styelidae
Genus:	Dendrodoa MacLeay, 1824
Species
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Dendrodoa is a genus of ascidian tunicates in the family Styelidae.

Species

Species within the genus Dendrodoa include:^[1]

• Dendrodoa abbotti Newberry, 1984
• Dendrodoa aggregata Müller, 1776
• Dendrodoa carnea (Rathke, 1806)
• Dendrodoa grossularia (Van Beneden, 1846)
• Dendrodoa lineata (Traustedt, 1880)
• Dendrodoa minuta (Bonnevie, 1896)
• Dendrodoa pulchella (Rathke, 1806)
• Dendrodoa uniplicata (Bonnevie, 1896)

Former species

Species names currently considered to be synonyms:

• Dendrodoa adolphi (Kupffer, 1874): synonym of Dendrodoa pulchella (Rathke, 1806)
• Dendrodoa annectens Hartmeyer, 1921: synonym of Cnemidocarpa annectens (Hartmeyer, 1921)
• Dendrodoa cylindrica Bjerkan, 1908: synonym of Dendrodoa aggregata Müller, 1776
• Dendrodoa glandaria MacLeay, 1825: synonym of Dendrodoa aggregata Müller, 1776
• Dendrodoa gregaria Kesteven, 1909: synonym of Asterocarpa humilis (Heller, 1878)
• Dendrodoa kuekenthali Hartmeyer, 1899: synonym of Dendrodoa pulchella (Rathke, 1806)
• Dendrodoa kukenthali Hartmeyer, 1899: synonym of Dendrodoa pulchella (Rathke, 1806)
• Dendrodoa microstigma Redikorzev, 1916: synonym of Dendrodoa lineata (Traustedt, 1880)
• Dendrodoa subpedunculata Ritter, 1899: synonym of Dendrodoa aggregata Müller, 1776
• Dendrodoa tuberculata Ritter, 1899: synonym of Dendrodoa aggregata Müller, 1776

References

1. Sanamyan, K. (2015). Dendrodoa MacLeay, 1824. 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