Adagnesia

Adagnesia
Scientific classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Subphylum: Tunicata
Class: Ascidiacea
Order: Phlebobranchia
Family: Agneziidae
Genus: Adagnesia
Kott, 1963
Paratype site (QMGH4945 Rous Channel, Moreton Bay)

Adagnesia is a genus of tunicates in the family Agneziidae, first described in 1963 by Patricia Kott. The type species is Adagnesia opaca Kott, 1963.

In Australia it is found in seas off New South Wales, Queensland and Victoria at depths of up to 5000 metres. However, around the world it is found in seas of both the northern and southern Atlantic Oceans, and the eastern and southern Pacific basins.

Cladogram for this genus, taken from the Catalogue of Life:

Agneziidae
Adagnesia

Adagnesia antarctica

Adagnesia charcoti

Adagnesia fissa

Adagnesia henriquei

Adagnesia opaca

Adagnesia rimosa

Adagnesia weddelli

Adagnesia venusta

Adagnesia vesicullophora

Agnesiopsis

Agnezia

Caenagnesia

Proagnesia

Pterygascidia