World Register of Introduced Marine Species (WRiMS) - Metrocarpa nigrum (Herdman, 1886)

WRiMS name details

Metrocarpa nigrum (Herdman, 1886)

AphiaID

212518 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:212518)

Classification

Status

unaccepted (new combination)

Accepted Name

Botrylloides nigrum Herdman, 1886 accepted as Botrylloides niger Herdman, 1886

Rank

Species

Parent

Metrocarpa Ärnbäck-Christie-Linde, 1923 accepted as Botrylloides Milne Edwards, 1841

Orig. name

Botrylloides nigrum Herdman, 1886

Environment

marine, ~~fresh~~, ~~terrestrial~~

Original description

(of Botrylloides nigrum Herdman, 1886) Herdman, W. A. (1886). Report on the Tunicata collected during the years 1873-1876. Part 2, Ascidiae compositae. Zool. Chall. Exp. 14(38): 1-425. [details]

Taxonomic citation

Shenkar, N.; Gittenberger, A.; Lambert, G.; Rius, M.; Moreira da Rocha, R.; Swalla, B.J.; Turon, X. (2021). Ascidiacea World Database. Metrocarpa nigrum (Herdman, 1886). Accessed through: Rius, M.; Ahyong, S.; Costello, M. J.; Galil, B. S.; Gollasch, S.; Hutchings, P.; Katsanevakis, S.; Lejeusne, C.; Marchini, A.; Occhipinti, A.; Pagad, S.; Poore, G. C. B; Robinson, T. B.; Sterrer, W.; Turon, X.; Willan, R. C.; Zhan, A. (2021) World Register of Introduced Marine Species (WRiMS) at: http://marinespecies.org/introduced/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=212518 on 2022-05-19

Thematic species database citation

Rius, M.; Ahyong, S.; Costello, M. J.; Galil, B. S.; Gollasch, S.; Hutchings, P.; Katsanevakis, S.; Lejeusne, C.; Marchini, A.; Occhipinti, A.; Pagad, S.; Poore, G. C. B; Robinson, T. B.; Sterrer, W.; Turon, X.; Willan, R. C.; Zhan, A. (2022). World Register of Introduced Marine Species (WRiMS). Metrocarpa nigrum (Herdman, 1886). Accessed at: https://marinespecies.org/introduced/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=212518 on 2022-05-19

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

1998-08-12 11:46:09Z

created

Fondo, Esther

2007-12-05 14:57:18Z

changed

Sanamyan, Karen

[taxonomic tree]

original description (of Botrylloides nigrum Herdman, 1886) Herdman, W. A. (1886). Report on the Tunicata collected during the years 1873-1876. Part 2, Ascidiae compositae. Zool. Chall. Exp. 14(38): 1-425. [details]

basis of record Fishelson, L. (1971). Ecology and distribution of the benthic fauna in the shallow waters of the Red Sea. Marine Biology. 10(2): 113-133., available online at https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00354828 [details]

additional source Streftaris, N.; Zenetos, A.; Papathanassiou, E. (2005). Globalisation in marine ecosystems: the story of non-indigenous marine species across European seas. Oceanogry and Marine Biology: an Annual Review. 43: 419-453. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors

Present

Inaccurate

Introduced: alien

Containing type locality

Definitions

To Biodiversity Heritage Library (2 publications)