original description
Newberry, A. T. (1984). Dendrodoa (Styelopsis) abbotti, sp. nov. (Styelidae, Ascidiacea) from the Pacific coast of the United States, and its impact on some gonadal criteria of its genus and subgenus. <em>Proceedings of the California Academy of Sciences.</em> 43(15): 239-248. [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]
From editor or global species database
Genetic nomenclature abbreviation Deabbo [details]