Adagnesia is a genus of tunicates in the family Agneziidae, first described in 1963 by Patricia Kott.[2][3] The type species is Adagnesia opaca Kott, 1963.[2][3]
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Subphylum: | Tunicata |
| Class: | Ascidiacea |
| Order: | Phlebobranchia |
| Family: | Agneziidae |
| Genus: | Adagnesia Kott, 1963 |
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| Paratype site (QMGH4945 Rous Channel, Moreton Bay)[1] | |
In Australia it is found in seas off New South Wales, Queensland and Victoria at depths of up to 5000 metres.[2] However, around the world it is found in seas of both the northern and southern Atlantic Oceans, and the eastern and southern Pacific basins.[2]
Cladogram for this genus, taken from the Catalogue of Life:[4]
References
edit- ^ Queensland Museum (2023). "Queensland Museum provider for OZCAM: occurrence 1066751904". gbif.org. Retrieved 10 July 2024.
- ^ a b c d "Genus Adagnesia Kott, 1963". Australian Faunal Directory. Australian Government. Retrieved 9 July 2024.
- ^ a b Patricia Kott (1963). "Adagnesia opaca gen. nov., sp. nov., a remarkable ascidian of the family Agnesiidae from Moreton Bay, Queensland" (PDF). 'University of Queensland Papers, Department of Zoology. 2 (3). University of Queensland: 75-79 [76]. Wikidata Q127303728.
- ^ Bisby F.A., Roskov Y.R., Orrell T.M., Nicolson D., Paglinawan L.E., Bailly N., Kirk P.M., Bourgoin T., Baillargeon G., Ouvrard D. (red.) (2011). "Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life: 2011 Annual Checklist". Species 2000: Reading, UK. Retrieved 24 September 2012.
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