🦋 Family

Cionidae

3 species · Animals

Animalia › Chordata › Ascidiacea › Phlebobranchia › Cionidae

Ciona intestinalis is a solitary self-sterile tunicate widely used in research on self-incompatibility mechanisms.

Ciona savignyi is a solitary tunicate native to the north Pacific, an invasive species that competes with native marine life.

Ciona robusta is a translucent, vase-shaped marine filter-feeding tunicate with distinct physical and habitat traits.

Related Families

Ascidiidae 5 species Corellidae 2 species Perophoridae 1 species

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