Subphylum Tunicata Lamarck 1816 (tunicate)
Synonym: Urochordata Lankester 1877
Parent taxon: Chordata according to J. S. Nelson et al. 2016
See also Brusca et al. 2016, Dineley and Metcalf 1999, Edgecombe et al. 2011, Jaekel 1911, Nanglu et al. 2023, Nielsen 2012, Nielsen 2012 and Sepkoski 2002
Sister taxa: Cephalochordata, Conodontophorida, Craniata, Metaspriggina, Olfactores, Pikaidae, Undichna, Vertebrata
Subtaxa: Appendicularia Ascidiacea Catellocaula Cystodytes Megasiphon Micraseites Shankouclava
Ecology: stationary low-level epifaunal suspension feeder