Rhopalaea
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| Rhopalaea | |
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| A common, but undescribed Rhopalaea species in the Philippines | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Subphylum: | Tunicata |
| Class: | Ascidiacea |
| Order: | Aplousobranchia |
| Family: | Diazonidae |
| Genus: | Rhopalaea Philippi, 1843[1] |
| Species | |
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21 species (see text) | |
| Synonyms[2] | |
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Rhopalaea is a genus of tunicates belonging to the family Diazonidae.[2][3] The genus has a cosmopolitan distribution in warm and temperate oceans.[3]
