Shenkar, N.; Gittenberger, A.; Lambert, G.; Rius, M.; Moreira da Rocha, R.; Swalla, B.J.; Turon, X. (2025). Ascidiacea World Database. Symplegma brakenhielmi (Michaelsen, 1904). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=251435 on 2025-07-15
original description(ofGynandrocarpa quadricornulis Sluiter, 1904)Sluiter, C. P. (1904). Die Tunicaten der Siboga-Expedition. Part 1. Die socialen und holosomen Ascidien. <em>Siboga-Exped.</em> 56a: 1-126.[details]
original description(ofGynandrocarpa similis Sluiter, 1904)Sluiter, C. P. (1904). Die Tunicaten der Siboga-Expedition. Part 1. Die socialen und holosomen Ascidien. <em>Siboga-Exped.</em> 56a: 1-126.[details]
original description(ofSymplegma oceania Tokioka, 1961)Tokioka, T. (1961). Ascidians collected during the Melanesia expedition of the Osaka Museum of Natural History. 1. Ascidians presented by Dr. R.I.A. Catala of the aquarium of Noumea. <em>Publ. Seto Mar. Biol. Lab.</em> 9(1): 103-138.[details] Available for editors [request]
original description(ofDiandrocarpa stuhlmanni Michaelsen, 1904)Michaelsen, W. (1904). Revision der compositen Styeliden oder Polyzoen. <em>Jahrb. Wiss. Anst., Hamburg.</em> 21(2): 1-124.[details]
basis of recordKott, P. (2004). Ascidiacea (Tunicata) in Australian waters of the Timor and Arafura Seas. <em>The Beagle, Records of the Museum and Art Galleries of the Northern Territory.</em> 20: 37-81.[details] Available for editors [request]
Taxonomy
source of synonymyMillar, R. H. (1975). Ascidians from the Indo-West-Pacific region in the zoological museum, Copenhagen (Tunicata, Ascidiacea). <em>Steenstrupia.</em> 3(20): 205-336. (look up in IMIS) page(s): 277, Fig. 59.; note: Symplegma viride [details] Available for editors [request]
source of synonymyMonniot, C.; Monniot, F. (1987). Les ascidies de Polynesie francaise. <em>Mem. mus. nat. hist natur, A.</em> 136: 1-155. page(s): 106-108, Fig. 40A-H.; note: Symplegma oceania [details] Available for editors [request]
Other
context source (Introduced species)Katsanevakis, S.; Bogucarskis, K.; Gatto, F.; Vandekerkhove, J.; Deriu, I.; Cardoso A.S. (2012). Building the European Alien Species Information Network (EASIN): a novel approach for the exploration of distributed alien species data. <em>BioInvasions Records.</em> 1: 235-245., available online athttp://easin.jrc.ec.europa.eu[details] Available for editors [request]
additional sourceCole, L. and G. Lambert. 2009. Tunicata (Urochordata) of the Gulf of Mexico, Pp. 1209–1216 in Felder, D.L. and D.K. Camp (eds.), Gulf of Mexico–Origins, Waters, and Biota. Biodiversity. Texas A&M Press, College Station, Texas.[details]
additional sourceZenetos, A., S. Gofas, M. Verlaque, M. Cinar, J. Garcia Raso, C. Bianchi, C. Morri, E. Azzurro, M. Bilecenoglu, C. Froglia, I. Siokou, D. Violanti, A. Sfriso, G. San Martin, A. Giangrande, T. Katagan, E. Ballesteros, A. Ramos-Espla, F. Mastrototaro, O. Ocana, A. Zingone, M,. Gambi & N. Streftaris. (2010). Alien species in the Mediterranean Sea by 2010. A contribution to the application of European Union's Marine Strategy Framework Directive (MSFD). Part I. Spatial distribution. <em>Mediterranean Marine Science.</em> 11(2): 381-493., available online athttps://doi.org/10.12681/mms.87[details]
additional sourceMonniot, F. (2018). Ascidians collected during the Madibenthos expedition in Martinique: 2. Stolidobranchia, Styelidae. <em>Zootaxa.</em> 4410(2): 291-318., available online athttps://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.4410.2.3 page(s): 302, Fig. 10A. [details] Available for editors [request]
Introduced species vector dispersal Greek part of the Aegean Sea (Marine Region) Aquaculture: accidental [details] Introduced species vector dispersal Turkish part of the Aegean Sea (Marine Region) Aquaculture: accidental [details] Introduced species vector dispersal Turkish part of the Aegean Sea (Marine Region) Ships: general [details] Introduced species vector dispersal Egyptian part of the Mediterranean Sea - Eastern Basin (Marine Region) Ships: general [details] Introduced species vector dispersal Greek part of the Aegean Sea (Marine Region) Ships: general [details] Introduced species vector dispersal Israeli part of the Mediterranean Sea - Eastern Basin (Marine Region) Canals: natural range expansion through man-made canals [details] Introduced species vector dispersal Cypriote part of the Mediterranean Sea - Eastern Basin (Marine Region) Ships: general [details] Introduced species vector dispersal Lebanese part of the Mediterranean Sea - Eastern Basin (Marine Region) Natural dispersal [details] Introduced species vector dispersal Tunisian part of the Mediterranean Sea - Eastern Basin (Marine Region) Ships: general [details] Introduced species vector dispersal Tunisian part of the Mediterranean Sea - Western Basin (Marine Region) Ships: general [details] Introduced species vector dispersal Maltese part of the Mediterranean Sea - Eastern Basin (Marine Region) Natural dispersal [details] Introduced species vector dispersal Turkish part of the Mediterranean Sea - Eastern Basin (Marine Region) Natural dispersal [details] Introduced species vector dispersal Galapagos part of the South Pacific Ocean (Marine Region) Ships: accidental as attached or free-living fouling organisms [details] Remark - Records of Symplegma brakenhielmi (Michaelsen, 1904) in the Mediterranean Sea (Saidia- Morocco).
- Colour (living colonies) : Orange, red, yellow
- Identification by observation. [details]