Clavelina pawliki Turon & Lopez-Legentil, 2024
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
- Clavelina pawliki Turon & Lopez-Legentil, 2024
- Name authority
- Turon & Lopez-Legentil, 2024
- Rank
- species
- Accepted status
- accepted
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Chordata
- Class
- Ascidiacea
- Order
- Aplousobranchia
- Family
- Clavelinidae
- Genus
- Clavelina
- 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
- classAscidiacea Blainville, 1824
- orderAplousobranchia Lahille, 1886
- familyClavelinidae Forbes & Hanley, 1848
- genusClavelina Savigny, 1816
- speciesClavelina pawliki Turon & Lopez-Legentil, 2024
Close classified relatives
These entries share the source’s genus, Clavelina. They are not necessarily the closest relatives established by molecular evidence.
| Species | Classification | Source status |
|---|---|---|
| Clavelina cyclus Tokioka & Nishikawa, 1975 | ClavelinidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Clavelina erwinorum Turon & Lopez-Legentil, 2024 | ClavelinidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Clavelina rochae Turon & Lopez-Legentil, 2024 | ClavelinidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Clavelina auracea Monniot C., 1997 | ClavelinidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Clavelina baudinensis Kott, 1957 | ClavelinidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Clavelina borealis Savigny, 1816 | ClavelinidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Clavelina brasiliensis (Millar, 1977) | ClavelinidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Clavelina cylindrica (Quoy & Gaimard, 1834) | ClavelinidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| bluestriped light bulb tunicateClavelina dellavallei (Zirpolo, 1925) | ClavelinidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Clavelina enormis Herdman, 1880 | ClavelinidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Clavelina gemmae Turon, 2005 | ClavelinidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Clavelina kottae (Millar, 1960) | ClavelinidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
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.
- Turon, X., & Lopez-legentil, S. (2024). New Clavelina (Ascidiacea) species from the Bahamas. Taxonomy, 4: 661–679. https://doi.org/10.3390/taxonomy4030034 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:CL32X. Classification follows source parent identifiers. English common names may vary by region.