WoRMS taxon details
Tunicata
Urochordata · unaccepted (Junior Synonym)
- Class Appendicularia
- Class Ascidiacea
- Class Thaliacea
- Class Larvacea accepted as Appendicularia
- Class Sorberacea (taxa divided into several other groups)
marine, brackish, fresh
Not documented
WoRMS (2025). Tunicata. Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=146420 on 2025-05-23
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Nomenclature
original description
(of Urochordata) Balfour, F. M. (1881). A treatise on comparative embryology. <em>London, MacMillan.</em> Volume 2: i-xi, 1-655, i-xxi. [details]
basis of record Margulis, L.; Schwartz, K.V. (1998). Five Kingdoms: an illustrated guide to the Phyla of life on earth. 3rd edition. Freeman: New York, NY (USA). ISBN 0-7167-3027-8. xx, 520 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details]
basis of record Margulis, L.; Schwartz, K.V. (1998). Five Kingdoms: an illustrated guide to the Phyla of life on earth. 3rd edition. Freeman: New York, NY (USA). ISBN 0-7167-3027-8. xx, 520 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details]
Other
Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
| Language | Name | |
|---|---|---|
| Dutch | zakpijpen [from synonym]manteldieren | [details] |
| English | tunicatessea squirts | [details] |
| German | Manteltiere | [details] |
| Japanese | 尾索動物亜門 [from synonym] | [details] |
| Swedish | manteldjur | [details] |
