Adagnesia venusta is a species of tunicate in the family Agneziidae, first described by Patricia Kott in 1985.[2][3]

Adagnesia venusta
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Subphylum: Tunicata
Class: Ascidiacea
Order: Phlebobranchia
Family: Agneziidae
Genus: Adagnesia
Species:
A. venusta
Binomial name
Adagnesia venusta
Kott, 1985
Map
Holotype site (NMV F45381) western Bass Strait)[1]

It is a benthic, marine tunicate found on fine sands along with plentiful sponges in Bass Strait.[2]

References

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  1. ^ Museums Victoria (2023). "Museums Victoria provider for OZCAM: occurrence 1272651047". gbif.org. Retrieved 11 July 2024.
  2. ^ a b "Species Adagnesia venusta Kott, 1985". Australian Faunal Directory. Australian Government. Retrieved 11 July 2024.
  3. ^ Patricia Kott (1985). "The Australian Ascidiacea Part I, Phlebobranchia and Stolidobranchia". Memoirs of the Queensland Museum. 23: 1-440 [82]. Wikidata Q127255890.