original description
(of ) Ritter, W. E.; Forsyth, R. H. (1917). Ascidian of the littoral zone of southern California. <em>Univ. California Publ., Zool.</em> 16: 439-512. [details]
context source (Deepsea)
Natural History Museum, London (NHM): Collections Management Database System. [details]
basis of record
Monniot, F.; Monniot, C. (1997). Ascidians Collected in Tanzania. <em>Journal of East African Natural History.</em> 86(1), 1-35., available online at https://doi.org/10.2982/0012-8317(1997)86[1:acit]2.0.co;2 [details] Available for editors
additional source
Kott, P. (1992). The Australian Ascidiacea part 3, Aplousobranchia (2). <em>Mem. Qd Mus.</em> 32(2): 375-620., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/40476371 [details] Available for editors
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 Apsoli [details]From regional or thematic species database
Introduced species vector dispersal Galapagos part of the South Pacific Ocean (Marine Region) Ships: accidental as attached or free-living fouling organisms [details]From other sources
Description This species corresponds well to the description given by Knott(1992). The general organization is rather similar to that of Aspledium ritteri (Sluiter,1895) which differs in having small cloacal aperatures and a different conoly shape. [details]
Type locality Station: Tanzania, Pemba Island, 05°27.41'S-039°41.90'E, 15 m on coral reef (CRRF coll.), MNHN A1 Apl B 386 (Monniot & Monniot, 1997). [details]