Diazona

Diazona is a genus of tunicates, in the family Diazonidae.

Diazona
The Ascidian Diazona violacea, Firth of Lorne, Scotland, 20 m.
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Chordata
Subphylum:
Tunicata
Class:
Ascidiacea
Order:
Enterogona
Suborder:
Phlebobranchia
Family:
Diazonidae
Genus:
Diazona

Savigny, 1816[1]
Type species
Diazona violacea Savigny, 1816
Species

see text

Species

Species within the genus Diazona include:[2]

  • Diazona angulata Monniot & Monniot, 1996
  • Diazona carnosa Monniot & Monniot, 1996
  • Diazona chinensis (Tokioka, 1955)
  • Diazona formosa Monniot & Monniot, 1996
  • Diazona fungia Monniot & Monniot, 2001
  • Diazona geayi Caullery, 1914
  • Diazona grandis (Oka, 1926)
  • Diazona labyrinthea Monniot & Monniot, 1996
  • Diazona pedunculata Monniot & Monniot, 2001
  • Diazona tenera Monniot & Monniot, 1996
  • Diazona textura Monniot, 1987
  • Diazona violacea Savigny, 1816

References
  1. Savigny, (1816) Mémoires sur les Animaux sans Vertèbres, &c. Paris, 1816
  2. Sanamyan, K. (2014). Diazona Savigny, 1816. In: Shenkar, N.; Gittenberger, A.; Lambert, G.; Rius, M.; Moreira Da Rocha, R.; Swalla, B.J.; Turon, X. (2014) Ascidiacea World Database. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species on 2014-11-03


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