Pycnoclavella is a genus of sea squirts first circumscribed by Walter Garstang in 1891.[1] The generic name comes from the Ancient Greek πυκνός (puknós) meaning "closely united".[1] In 1990, Patricia Kott placed Pycnoclavella in its own family, Pycnoclavellidae, but in 2008 it was moved back to Clavelinidae.[4]
As of 2018, WoRMS recognizes the following species:[2]
Pycnoclavella is a genus of sea squirts first circumscribed by Walter Garstang in 1891. The generic name comes from the Ancient Greek πυκνός (puknós) meaning "closely united". In 1990, Patricia Kott placed Pycnoclavella in its own family, Pycnoclavellidae, but in 2008 it was moved back to Clavelinidae.
As of 2018, WoRMS recognizes the following species:
Pycnoclavella arenosa (Kott, 1972) Pycnoclavella atlantica Pérez-Portela et al., 2007 Pycnoclavella aurantia Kott, 1990 Pycnoclavella aurilucens Garstang, 1891 Pycnoclavella belizeana Goodbody, 1996 Pycnoclavella brava Pérez-Portela et al., 2007 Pycnoclavella communis Pérez-Portela et al., 2007 Pycnoclavella detorta (Sluiter, 1904) Pycnoclavella diminuta (Kott, 1957) Pycnoclavella elongata Kott, 1990 Pycnoclavella filamentosa Kott, 2005 Pycnoclavella flava (Monniot F., 1988) Pycnoclavella inflorescens Kott, 2005 Pycnoclavella kottae Millar, 1960 Pycnoclavella martae Perez-Portela & Turon, 2008 Pycnoclavella minuta Millar, 1953 Pycnoclavella nana (Lahille, 1890) Pycnoclavella narcissus Kott, 2005 Pycnoclavella neapolitana (Julin, 1904) Pycnoclavella producta (Milne Edwards, 1841) Pycnoclavella stanleyi Berrill & Abbott, 1949 Pycnoclavella stolonialis Pérez-Portela et al., 2010 Pycnoclavella tabella Kott, 1990 Pycnoclavella taureanensis Brunetti, 1991
