Doliolula equus Robison, Raskoff & Sherlock, 2005
Accepted species in Catalogue of Life’s 11 September 2026 base release. This preserves the source classification and available supporting data; it is not a completed species monograph.
Identity & source status
- Scientific name
- Doliolula equus Robison, Raskoff & Sherlock, 2005
- Name authority
- Robison, Raskoff & Sherlock, 2005
- Rank
- species
- Accepted status
- accepted
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Chordata
- Class
- Thaliacea
- Order
- Doliolida
- Family
- Doliopsidae
- Genus
- Doliolula
- Extinction status
- Recorded extant
Source habitat flags: Marine: yes · Freshwater: no · Terrestrial: no. These do not form a complete habitat description.
Classification family tree
Nested taxonomic groups from the source. This is not a direct-ancestor chain, a dated evolutionary tree or a phylogenetic reconstruction.
- domainEukaryota (Chatton, 1925) Whittaker & Margulis, 1978
- kingdomAnimalia
- phylumChordata
- subphylumTunicata
- classThaliacea Van der Hoeven, 1850
- orderDoliolida Delage & Hérouard, 1898
- suborderDoliopsidina Godeaux, 1996
- familyDoliopsidae Godeaux, 1996
- genusDoliolula Robison, Raskoff & Sherlock, 2005
- speciesDoliolula equus Robison, Raskoff & Sherlock, 2005
Close classified relatives
No other member of this genus is present in the selected snapshot.
Source literature & publication evidence
References attached to this source record, including nomenclatural citations where supplied. This is a selected bibliography; abbreviated citations remain in the source’s form.
- Robison, B. H., Raskoff, K. A., & Sherlock, R. E. (2005). Ecological substrate in midwater: Doliolula equus, a new mesopelagic tunicate. Journla of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom, 85. https://doi.org/10.1017/s0025315405011586 Source fields: Taxon.tsv dwc:namePublishedIn, Taxon.tsv dcterms:references
Origins, evidence & remaining research
Name authority and publication references document nomenclature where the source supplies it. They do not establish evolutionary origins or the earliest fossil occurrence.
Specimen-level evidence, morphology, ecological research, phylogenetic studies, a comprehensive bibliography and a located literary passage have not yet been compiled for this record. A suitable sourced image remains to be added.
Dataset citation & attribution
This exact taxon in ChecklistBank · Catalogue of Life 2026-09-11
Catalogue of Life 2026-09-11; dataset 316321; doi:10.48580/dgz5n. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ . Retrieved 5 October 2026.
Stable key: col:377QY. Classification follows source parent identifiers. English common names may vary by region.