Pleurogona Explained

Pleurogona is an order of tunicates which is no longer in use as it contains the same families as Stolidobranchia.^[1]

One of the more invasive species of this order is the "stalked (or leathery or solitary) sea squirt" Styela clava .^{[2] [3] [4]} Other invasive genera include the "chain sea squirts" or "chain tunicates" of the genus Botrylloides ^{[5] [6]} and the "golden star tunicate" Botryllus schlosseri .^[7]

Notes and References

1. Gittenberger, A.; Sanamyan, K. (2015). Pleurogona. 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
2. Web site: Leathery sea squirt Styela clava Herdman, 1881 . . 2006-12-07 . 2007-02-16 . https://web.archive.org/web/20070411060630/http://www.marine.csiro.au/crimp/nimpis/spsummary.asp?txa=6836 . 2007-04-11 . dead .
3. Web site: Asian stalked sea squirt, Pacific rough sea squirt (Styela clava) . . 2007-02-16 . https://web.archive.org/web/20070126001851/http://omp.gso.uri.edu/doee/biota/inverts/tuni/as.htm . 2007-01-26 . dead .
4. Web site: Invasive sea squirt (Styela clava) fact sheet . . 2007-02-16 . https://web.archive.org/web/20070927234314/http://www.niwascience.co.nz/ncabb/tools/sea_squirt . 2007-09-27 . dead .
5. Web site: Macrobenthos of the North Sea: Botrylloides leachi . M.J. de Kluijver & S.S. Ingalsuo . . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20110717030719/http://ip30.eti.uva.nl/bis/tunicata.php?menuentry=soorten&id=20 . 2011-07-17 .
6. Web site: Guide to the Exotic Species of San Francisco Bay: Botrylloides violaceus Oka, 1927 . 2005-06-07 . Andrew N. Cohen . San Francisco Estuary Institute.
7. Web site: Macrobenthos of the North Sea: Botrylloides schlosseri . M.J. de Kluijver & S.S. Ingalsuo . . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20100901130750/http://ip30.eti.uva.nl/bis/tunicata.php?selected=beschrijving&menuentry=soorten&id=21 . 2010-09-01 .