Herdmania
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| Herdmania | |
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| Herdmania grandis | |
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Subphylum: | Tunicata |
| Class: | Ascidiacea |
| Order: | Stolidobranchia |
| Family: | Pyuridae |
| Genus: | Herdmania Lahille, 1888 |
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Herdmania is a genus of ascidian tunicates in the family Pyuridae.
Species within the genus Herdmania include:[1]
- Herdmania armata Monniot & Monniot, 2001
- Herdmania colona Monniot & Monniot, 2003
- Herdmania coutieri Monniot, 2002
- Herdmania fimbriae Kott, 2002
- Herdmania grandis (Heller, 1878)
- Herdmania inflata (Van Name, 1918)
- Herdmania insolita Monniot & Monniot, 2001
- Herdmania japonica (Hartmeyer, 1909)
- Herdmania kiiensis Nishikawa, 2002
- Herdmania mauritiana (Drasche, 1884)
- Herdmania mentula Kott, 2002
- Herdmania mirabilis (Drasche, 1884)
- Herdmania momus (Savigny, 1816)
- Herdmania pallida (Heller, 1878)
- Herdmania pennata (Monniot & Monniot, 1991)
- Herdmania polyducta (Monniot & Monniot, 1989)
- Herdmania subpallida Nishikawa, 2002
Species names currently considered to be synonyms:
- Herdmania bostrichobranchus Metcalf, 1900: synonym of Bostrichobranchus pilularis (Verrill, 1871)
- Herdmania claviformis Ritter, 1903: synonym of Euherdmania claviformis (Ritter, 1903)
- Herdmania contorta Monniot, 1992: synonym of Herdmania momus (Savigny, 1816)
- Herdmania curvata Kott, 1952: synonym of Herdmania momus (Savigny, 1816)
- Herdmania vasculosa (Herdman, 1888): synonym of Ascidia bathybia Hartmeyer, 1922
Habitat
Herdmania is a sedentary filter feeding tunicate found in marine habitats. The animal often occurs in gregorious form.
