Adagnesia

Adagnesia is a genus of tunicates in the family Agneziidae, first described in 1963 by Patricia Kott.^[2][3] The type species is Adagnesia opaca Kott, 1963.^[2][3]

Adagnesia
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Subphylum:	Tunicata
Class:	Ascidiacea
Order:	Phlebobranchia
Family:	Agneziidae
Genus:	Adagnesia Kott, 1963
Paratype site (QMGH4945 Rous Channel, Moreton Bay)[1]

In Australia it is found in seas off New South Wales, Queensland and Victoria at depths of up to 5000 metres.^[2] However, around the world it is found in seas of both the northern and southern Atlantic Oceans, and the eastern and southern Pacific basins.^[2]

Cladogram for this genus, taken from the Catalogue of Life:^[4]

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