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Ascidiidae Herdman, 1882 
AphiaID: 103443

Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Chordata (Phylum) > Tunicata (Subphylum) > Ascidiacea (Class) > Phlebobranchia (Order)
Status accepted
Record
status
 Checked by Taxonomic Editor
Rank Family
Parent Phlebobranchia
Sources  basis of record: Sanamyan, K. (2007). Database of extant Ascidiacea. Version of 2 November 2007. (look up in IMIS[details]

additional source: Hayward, P.J.; Ryland, J.S. (Ed.) (1990). The marine fauna of the British Isles and North-West Europe: 1. Introduction and protozoans to arthropods. Clarendon Press: Oxford, UK. ISBN 0-19-857356-1. 627 pp. (look up in IMIS[details]

additional source: Monniot, C. (2001). Ascidiacea & Sorberacea, in: Costello, M.J. et al. (Ed.) (2001). European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels, 50: pp. 352-355 (look up in IMIS[details]

Direct child
taxa

[show all]
 Genus Ascidia Linnaeus, 1767
Genus Ascidiella Roule, 1884
Genus Fimbrora Monniot & Monniot, 1991
Genus Phallusia Savigny, 1816
Genus Psammascidia Monniot, 1962

Genus Ascidea Linnaeus, 1767 accepted as Ascidia Linnaeus, 1767
Genus Ascidie Linnaeus, 1767 accepted as Ascidia Linnaeus, 1767
Genus Ascidiopsis Verrill, 1872 accepted as Ascidia Linnaeus, 1767
Genus Bathyascidia Hartmeyer, 1901 accepted as Ascidia Linnaeus, 1767
Genus Fimbrosa Monniot & Monniot, 1991 accepted as Fimbrora Monniot & Monniot, 1991
Genus Pachychlaena Hedman, 1880 accepted as Phallusia Savigny, 1816
Genus Phallusioides Huntsman, 1912 accepted as Ascidia Linnaeus, 1767
Genus Phallusiopsis Hartmeyer, 1908 accepted as Phallusia Savigny, 1816
Genus Plurascidia Monniot & Monniot, 2000 accepted as Phallusia Savigny, 1816
Genus Thallusia Savigny, 1816 accepted as Phallusia Savigny, 1816
Genus Tunica accepted as Ascidia Linnaeus, 1767
Environment marine
Feedingtype  suspension feeder [details]
Links To GenBank
To ITIS
LSID urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:103443
Taxonomic
Edit history
 
Date   action   by
2004-12-21 15:54:05Z  created  Monniot, Claude
2007-12-04 16:57:19Z  checked  Sanamyan, Karen
2010-06-25 11:54:01Z  changed  Gittenberger, Arjan
  
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  Citation: Gittenberger, A.; Sanamyan, K.; Monniot, C. (2013). Ascidiidae. In: Shenkar, N.; Gittenberger, A.; Lambert, G.; Rius, M.; Moreira Da Rocha, R.; Swalla, B.J.; Turron, X. (2013) Ascidiacea World Database. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=103443 on 2013-05-19
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