original description
Abbott, D.P.; Trason, W.B. (1968). Ritterella rubra and Distaplia smithi: two new colonial ascidians from the west coast of North America. <em>Bull. South. Calif. Acad. Sci.</em> 67(3): 143-154. [details]
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
Abbott, D.P.; Newberry, A.T. (1980). Urochordata: the Tunicates. <em>In: R.H.Morris, D.P. Abbott et E.C. Haderlie, Intertidal invertebrates of California. Stanford University press.</em> 127-226. [details]
From editor or global species database
Genetic nomenclature abbreviation Dssmit [details]