Fritillariidae | |
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Appendicularia sp. specimen | |
Scientific classification
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Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Subphylum: | Tunicata |
Class: | Appendicularia |
Order: | Copelata |
Family: |
Fritillariidae Lohmann, 1915 |
Fritillariidae is a family of tunicates belonging to the order Copelata. [1]
Fritillariidae comprises three genera, divided into two subfamilies. [1] While the trunk anatomy differs between the genera, they share a similar arrangement of house-producing cells (oikoplasts) over the midline of the pharyngeal trunk, distinguishing them from the Oikopleuridae. [2]