Ascidia

Ascidia is a genus of tunicates in the family Ascidiidae.

==Selected species== thumb|upright|Diagrammatic section of an Ascidia, representing the three sacs and the branchial sac as the pharynx or throat: (a) branchial orifice; (b) atrial orifice; (c) tunic or test (d) mantle; (e) branchial sac; (f) gullet; (g) stomach; (h) anal orifice; (i) dorsal lamina; the dotted line indicates the endostyle. Ascidia achimotae Millar, 1953 Ascidia adamanensis Oka, 1915 Ascidia ahodori Oka, 1927 Ascidia alisea Monniot & Monniot, 2006 Ascidia alpha Tokioka, 1953 Ascidia alterna Monniot & Monniot, 1991 Ascidia archaia Sluiter, 1890 Ascidia arenosa Hartmeyer, 1898 Ascidia armata Hartmeyer, 1906 Ascidia aspera Brunetti, 2007 Ascidia austera Sluiter, 1904 Ascidia aximensis Millar, 1953 Ascidia azurea Monniot & Monniot, 1996 Ascidia bathybia Hartmeyer, 1922 Ascidia bifissa Sluiter, 1895 Ascidia bocatorensis Bonnet & Rocha, 2011 Ascidia caguayensis Millar & Goodbody, 1974 Ascidia callosa Stimpson, 1852 Ascidia canaliculata Heller, 1878 Ascidia cannelata Oken, 1820 Ascidia capillata Sluiter, 1887 Ascidia caudata Heller, 1878 Ascidia celtica C. Monniot, 1969 Ascidia ceratodes (Huntsman, 1912) Ascidia challengeri Herdman, 1882 Ascidia citrina Nishikawa & Tokioka, 1975 Ascidia clementea Ritter, 1907 Ascidia collini Bonnet & Rocha, 2011 Ascidia columbiana (Huntsman, 1912) Ascidia conchilega Muller, 1776 Ascidia conifera (Hartmeyer, 1911) Ascidia corallicola Bonnet & Rocha, 2011 Ascidia correi C. Monniot, 1970 Ascidia curvata (Traustedt, 1882) Ascidia decepta Kott, 1985 Ascidia depressiuscula Heller, 1878 Ascidia despecta Herdman, 1880 Ascidia dijmphniana Templeton, 1834 Ascidia dorsata Meenakshi & Renganathan, 1999 Ascidia empheres Sluiter, 1895 Ascidia escabanae Monniot, 1998 Ascidia fictile Monniot, 1997 Ascidia fistulosa Monniot & Monniot, 1967 Ascidia formella Monniot, 1998 Ascidia fusca Monniot & Monniot, 1989 Ascidia gamma Tokioka, 1954 Ascidia gemmata Sluiter, 1895 Ascidia glabra Hartmeyer, 1922 Ascidia hyalina Oka, 1915 Ascidia iberica C. Monniot & F. Monniot, 1988 Ascidia incrassata Heller, 1878 Ascidia interrupta Heller, 1878 Ascidia involuta Heller, 1875 Ascidia irregularis Oka, 1915 Ascidia kreagra Sluiter, 1895 Ascidia krechi Michaelsen, 1904 Ascidia kuneides Sluiter, 1887 Ascidia lagena Michaelsen, 1922 Ascidia latesiphonica Hartmeyer, 1922 Ascidia liberata Sluiter, 1887 Ascidia limpida Sluiter, 1904 Ascidia longistriata Hartmeyer, 1906 Ascidia macropapilla Millar, 1982 Ascidia malaca (Traustedt, 1883) Ascidia matoya Tokioka, 1949 Ascidia mediterranea Pérès, 1959 Ascidia melanostoma Sluiter, 1885 Ascidia mentula Müller, 1776 Ascidia meridionalis Herdman, 1880 Ascidia molguloides C. Monniot, 1975 Ascidia monnioti Bonnet & Rocha, 2011 Ascidia multitentaculata (Hartmeyer, 1912) Ascidia munda Sluiter, 1897 Ascidia muricata Heller, 1874 Ascidia nerea Kott, 1985 Ascidia nordestina Bonnet & Rocha, 2011 Ascidia nuda Nishikawa, 1986 Ascidia obliqua Alder, 1863 Ascidia obocki Sluiter, 1905 Ascidia occidentalis Kott, 1985 Ascidia ornata Monniot & Monniot, 2001 Ascidia pacifica Tokioka, 1967 Ascidia panamensis Bonnet & Rocha, 2011 Ascidia papillata Bonnet & Rocha, 2011 Ascidia papillosa Tokioka, 1967 Ascidia parasamea Kott, 1985 Ascidia paratropa (Huntsman, 1912) Ascidia perfluxa Sluiter, 1904 Ascidia placenta Herdman, 1880 Ascidia polytrema Herdman, 1906 Ascidia prolata Kott, 1985 Ascidia prona Monniot & Monniot, 1994 Ascidia prunum Müller, 1776 Ascidia pygmaea Michaelsen, 1918 Ascidia retinens Monniot, 1984 Ascidia retrosipho Millar, 1988 Ascidia saccula Kott, 2006 Ascidia sagamiana Tokioka, 1953 Ascidia salvatoris (Traustedt, 1885) Ascidia samea Oka, 1935 Ascidia santosi Millar, 1958 Ascidia savignyi Hartmeyer, 1915 Ascidia scaevola (Sluiter, 1904) Ascidia scalariforme Bonnet & Rocha, 2011 Ascidia spinosa Sluiter, 1904 Ascidia stenodes Millar, 1962 Ascidia stewartensis Millar, 1982 Ascidia subterranea Kneer et al., 2013 Ascidia sulca Monniot, 1991 Ascidia sydneiensis Stimpson, 1855 Ascidia tapuni Monniot & Monniot, 1987 Ascidia tenera Herdman, 1880 Ascidia tenue Monniot, 1983 Ascidia thompsoni Kott, 1952 Ascidia translucida Sluiter, 1890 Ascidia tricuspis Sluiter, 1904 Ascidia tritonis Herdman, 1883 Ascidia trunca Brunetti, 2007 Ascidia unalaskensis (Ritter, 1913) Ascidia urnalia Monniot, 1994 Ascidia vermiformis (Ritter, 1913) Ascidia virginea Müller, 1776 Ascidia willeyi Oka, 1915 Ascidia xamaycana Millar & Goodbody, 1974 Ascidia zara Oka, 1935 Ascidia zyogasima Tokioka, 1962