WoRMS taxon details
Theodorella arenosa Michaelsen, 1922
251489 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:251489)
accepted
Species
marine, fresh, terrestrial
Michaelsen, W. (1922). Ascidiae Ptychobranchiae und Diktyobranchiae von Neuseeland und den Chatham Inseln. <em>Vid. Meddel. Dansk Nat. Foren.</em> 73: 259-498. [details] 
Type locality contained in Stewart Island
type locality contained in Stewart Island [details]
Description Sac-like zooids sandy, united by stolons or thin basal membrane; 18-24 oral tentacles; no branchial folds; seven...
Description Sac-like zooids sandy, united by stolons or thin basal membrane; 18-24 oral tentacles; no branchial folds; seven longitudinal bars per side; stomach globular with 14-17 folds and slightly curved pyloric caecum; intestine and rectum a long open loop; six or more small endocarps per side; 10-16 sac-like testes on left in a row near endostyle; 13-18 gonads on right, mainly hermaphrodite (a few male sometimes), in a row near endostyle. [details]
Shenkar, N.; Gittenberger, A.; Lambert, G.; Rius, M.; Moreira da Rocha, R.; Swalla, B.J.; Turon, X. (2024). Ascidiacea World Database. Theodorella arenosa Michaelsen, 1922. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=251489 on 2024-05-01
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Michaelsen, W. (1922). Ascidiae Ptychobranchiae und Diktyobranchiae von Neuseeland und den Chatham Inseln. <em>Vid. Meddel. Dansk Nat. Foren.</em> 73: 259-498. [details]
basis of record Millar, R. H. (1982). The marine fauna of New Zealand: Ascidiacea. <em>N.Z. oceanogr. Inst. Mem.</em> 85: 1-117., available online at https://docs.niwa.co.nz/library/public/Memoir%20085_The%20Marine%20Fauna%20of%20New%20Zealand_Ascidiacea.pdf
page(s): 67. [details]
additional source Kott, P.; Bradford-Grieve, J.; Esnal, G.; Murdoch, R.C. (2009). Phylum Tunicata: sea squirts, salps, appendicularians, in: Gordon, D.P. (Ed.) (2009). New Zealand inventory of biodiversity: 1. Kingdom Animalia: Radiata, Lophotrochozoa, Deuterostomia. pp. 409-430. [details] Available for editors
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additional source van der Land, J. (ed). (2008). UNESCO-IOC Register of Marine Organisms (URMO). , available online at http://www.marinespecies.org/urmo/ [details]
additional source Brewin, B. J. (1958). Ascidians of New Zealand. Part 11. Ascidians of the Stewart Island region. <em>Trans. Roy. Soc. N.Z.</em> 85(3): 439-453.
page(s): 449, Fig. 3b1-3,b4a,b5a. [details] Available for editors [request]
additional source Kott, P. (1971). Antarctic ascidiacea II. A monographic account of the known species based on specimens collected under U.S. Government auspices 1947 to 1963. <em>Antarctic Resarch Series.</em> 17: 11-82.
page(s): 43-44, Fig. 31a-b. [details] Available for editors [request]
basis of record Millar, R. H. (1982). The marine fauna of New Zealand: Ascidiacea. <em>N.Z. oceanogr. Inst. Mem.</em> 85: 1-117., available online at https://docs.niwa.co.nz/library/public/Memoir%20085_The%20Marine%20Fauna%20of%20New%20Zealand_Ascidiacea.pdf
page(s): 67. [details]
additional source Kott, P.; Bradford-Grieve, J.; Esnal, G.; Murdoch, R.C. (2009). Phylum Tunicata: sea squirts, salps, appendicularians, in: Gordon, D.P. (Ed.) (2009). New Zealand inventory of biodiversity: 1. Kingdom Animalia: Radiata, Lophotrochozoa, Deuterostomia. pp. 409-430. [details] Available for editors
[request] additional source van der Land, J. (ed). (2008). UNESCO-IOC Register of Marine Organisms (URMO). , available online at http://www.marinespecies.org/urmo/ [details]
additional source Brewin, B. J. (1958). Ascidians of New Zealand. Part 11. Ascidians of the Stewart Island region. <em>Trans. Roy. Soc. N.Z.</em> 85(3): 439-453.
page(s): 449, Fig. 3b1-3,b4a,b5a. [details] Available for editors
[request] additional source Kott, P. (1971). Antarctic ascidiacea II. A monographic account of the known species based on specimens collected under U.S. Government auspices 1947 to 1963. <em>Antarctic Resarch Series.</em> 17: 11-82.
page(s): 43-44, Fig. 31a-b. [details] Available for editors
[request] 
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
From editor or global species database
Description Sac-like zooids sandy, united by stolons or thin basal membrane; 18-24 oral tentacles; no branchial folds; seven longitudinal bars per side; stomach globular with 14-17 folds and slightly curved pyloric caecum; intestine and rectum a long open loop; six or more small endocarps per side; 10-16 sac-like testes on left in a row near endostyle; 13-18 gonads on right, mainly hermaphrodite (a few male sometimes), in a row near endostyle. [details]Genetic nomenclature abbreviation Tdaren [details]
