Clavelina cylindrica

Clavelina cylindrica is a species of tunicate in the genus Clavelina. It is found in shallow waters around Australia.[1]

Clavelina cylindrica
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain:Eukaryota
Kingdom:Animalia
Phylum:Chordata
Subphylum:Tunicata
Class:Ascidiacea
Order:Aplousobranchia
Family:Clavelinidae
Genus:Clavelina
Species:
C. cylindrica
Binomial name
Clavelina cylindrica
(Quoy & Gaimard, 1834)[1]
Synonyms
  • Chondrostachys cylindrica (Quoy & Gaimard, 1834)
  • Chondrostachys cylyndrica (Quoy & Gaimard, 1834)
  • Chondrostachys macdonaldi Bronn, 1862
  • Podoclavella cylindrica (Quoy & Gaimard, 1834)
  • Polyclinum cylindrica Quoy & Gaimard, 1834
  • Polyclinum cylindricum Quoy & Gaimard, 1834

Research

Clavelina cylindrica has yielded two novel alkaloids in 1993, cylindricine A, the first naturally occurring pyrrolo[2, 1-j]quinoline, and cylindricine B, a pyrido-[2,1-j]-quinoline ring compound.[2] Further research the following year led to the discovery of further cylindricines C to G,[3] and a further three, H to J in 1995.[4]

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