Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Phylum Chordata > Subphylum Tunicata > Class Ascidiacea > Order Phlebobranchia > Family Cionidae

Ciona Fleming, 1822

Rank: Genus
Taxon Status: accepted

Children

Ciona edwardsi Roule, 1884
Ciona fascicularis Hancock, 1870
Ciona gelatinosa Bonnevie, 1896
Ciona imperfecta Monniot C. & Monniot F., 1977
Ciona intestinalis (Linnaeus, 1767)

Literature

basis of record	Monniot, C. (2001). Ascidiacea & Sorberacea, in: Costello, M.J. et al. (Ed.) (2001). European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels, 50: pp. 352-355
additional source	Hayward, P.J.; Ryland, J.S. (Ed.) (1990). The marine fauna of the British Isles and North-West Europe: 1. Introduction and protozoans to arthropods. Clarendon Press: Oxford, UK. ISBN 0-19-857356-1. 627 pp.
additional source	Nomenclator Zoologicus