WoRMS taxon details
original description
(of Ascidia aculeata Alder, 1863) Alder, J. (1863). Observations on the British Tunicata with descriptions of several new species. <em>Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist., ser.3.</em> 11: 153-173. [details]
original description
(of Ascidia affinis Hancock, 1870) Hancock, A. (1870). On the larval state of Molgula; with descriptions of several new species of simple ascidians. <em>Ann. Mag. nat. Hist.</em> (4) 6: 353-368. [details]
original description
(of Ascidia aspersa Müller, 1776) Müller, O.F. (1776). Zoologiae Danicae prodromus, seu Animalium Daniae et Norvegiae indigenarum: characteres, nomina, et synonyma imprimis popularium. <em>Typis Hallagerii, Havni, Copenhagen.</em> 282 pp., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/47550 [details]
original description
(of Ascidia elliptica Alder & Hancock, 1848) Alder, J.; Hancock, A. (1848). Additions to the mollusca of Northumberland and Durham. <em>Trans. Tyneside Field Club.</em> 1: 195-207. [details]
original description
(of Ascidia normanni Alder & Hancock, 1870) Hancock, A. (1870). On the larval state of Molgula; with descriptions of several new species of simple ascidians. <em>Ann. Mag. nat. Hist.</em> (4) 6: 353-368. [details]
original description
(of Ascidia patula Mueller, 1776) Müller, O.F. (1776). Zoologiae Danicae prodromus, seu Animalium Daniae et Norvegiae indigenarum: characteres, nomina, et synonyma imprimis popularium. <em>Typis Hallagerii, Havni, Copenhagen.</em> 282 pp., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/47550 [details]
original description
(of Ascidia pedunculata Hoffman, 1829) Hoffman, F. (1829). Einige Bemerkungen uber die Vegetation und die fauna von Helgoland. <em>Sber. Ges. Naturf. Freunde Berl.</em> 1: 228-260. [details]
original description
(of Ascidia pellucida Alder & Hancock, 1848) Alder, J.; Hancock, A. (1848). Additions to the mollusca of Northumberland and Durham. <em>Trans. Tyneside Field Club.</em> 1: 195-207. [details]
original description
(of Ascidia pustulosa Alder, 1863) Alder, J. (1863). Observations on the British Tunicata with descriptions of several new species. <em>Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist., ser.3.</em> 11: 153-173. [details]
original description
(of Ascidia sordida Alder & Hancock, 1848) Alder, J.; Hancock, A. (1848). Additions to the mollusca of Northumberland and Durham. <em>Trans. Tyneside Field Club.</em> 1: 195-207. [details]
original description
(of Ascidia cristata Risso, 1826) Risso, A. (1826-1827). Histoire naturelle des principales productions de l'Europe Méridionale et particulièrement de celles des environs de Nice et des Alpes Maritimes. <em>[book series].</em> 400 pp., 13 pls. [volumes 1-5. Paris, F.G. Levrault. vol. 3. Mammifères. Oiseaux. Poissons / vol. 4. Mollusques. Annélides / vol. 5. Crustacés. Myriapodes, scorpionides, arachnides et acarides. Insectes. Vers intestinaux. Radiaires. Zoophytes]., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/bibliography/58984 [details]
original description
(of Ascidia opalina MacGillivray, 1843) MacGillivray, W. (1843). A history of the molluscous animals of the counties of Aberdeen, Kincardine and Banff, to which is appended an account of the cirripedal animals of the same district. <em>Cunningham & Mortimer, London.</em> xxiv + 372 pp., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/64238 [details]
original description
(of Ascidia albida Alder & Hancock, 1848) Alder, J.; Hancock, A. (1848). Additions to the mollusca of Northumberland and Durham. <em>Trans. Tyneside Field Club.</em> 1: 195-207. [details]
original description
(of Ascidia truncata Herdman, 1881) Herdman, W. A. (1881). Notes on the British Tunicata with descriptions of new species. <em>Proc. Linn. Soc. London.</em> 15: 274-290. [details]
original description
(of Ascidia triangularis Herdman, 1881) Herdman, W. A. (1881). Notes on the British Tunicata with descriptions of new species. <em>Proc. Linn. Soc. London.</em> 15: 274-290. [details]
original description
(of Ascidia minuta Kiaer, 1893) Kiaer, J. (1893). Oversigt over Norges Ascidiae Simplices. <em>Forh. Vid. Selsk. Christian.</em> 9: 1-105. [details]
original description
(of Ascidia expansa Kiaer, 1893) Kiaer, J. (1893). Oversigt over Norges Ascidiae Simplices. <em>Forh. Vid. Selsk. Christian.</em> 9: 1-105. [details]
context source (Introduced species)
Fofonoff, P.W.; Ruiz, G.M.; Steves, B.; Carlton, J.T. (2014). National Exotic Marine and Estuarine Species Information System (NEMESIS), available online at http://invasions.si.edu/nemesis [details]
context source (Schelde)
van Eck, G. Th. M.; Holzhauer, H. (2007). Monitoring van de effecten van de verruiming 48'/43': MOVE eindrapport 2006 (Rapport 10). <em>Rapport RIKZ = Report RIKZ, 2007.003. RIKZ: Middelburg.</em> 64 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details]
basis of record
Monniot, C. (2001). Ascidiacea & Sorberacea. <em>In: Costello, M.J. et al. (Ed.) (2001). European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels.</em> 50: pp. 352-355. (look up in IMIS) [details]
additional source
Muller, Y. (2004). Faune et flore du littoral du Nord, du Pas-de-Calais et de la Belgique: inventaire. [Coastal fauna and flora of the Nord, Pas-de-Calais and Belgium: inventory]. <em>Commission Régionale de Biologie Région Nord Pas-de-Calais: France.</em> 307 pp., available online at http://www.vliz.be/imisdocs/publications/145561.pdf [details]
additional source
Kott, P. (1985). The Australian Ascidiacea part 1, Phlebobranchia and Stolidobranchia. <em>Mem Qd Mus.</em> 23: 1-440., available online at http://biostor.org/reference/109626 [details] Available for editors [request]
additional source
Kott, P.; Bradford-Grieve, J.; Esnal, G.; Murdoch, R.C. (2009). Phylum Tunicata: sea squirts, salps, appendicularians, in: Gordon, D.P. (Ed.) (2009). New Zealand inventory of biodiversity: 1. Kingdom Animalia: Radiata, Lophotrochozoa, Deuterostomia. pp. 409-430. [details] Available for editors [request]
additional source
Lutaenko, K.A.; Furota, T.; Nakayama; S.; Shin, K.; Xu, J. (2013). Atlas of Marine Invasive Species in the NOWPAP Region. Beijing: NOWPAP DINRAC (Northwest Pacific Action Plan, Data and Information Network Regional Center). 189 pp. [details]
additional source
Brine, O.; Hunt, L.; Costello, M. J. (2013). Marine biofouling on recreational boats on swing moorings and berths. <em>Management of Biological Invasions.</em> 4(4): 327-341., available online at https://doi.org/10.3391/mbi.2013.4.4.07 [details] Available for editors [request]
additional source
Nishikawa, T.; Oohara, I.; Saitoh, K.; Shigenobu, Y.; Hasegawa, N.; Kanamori, M.; Baba, K.; Turon, X.; Bishop, J. D. D. (2014). Molecular and Morphological Discrimination Between an Invasive Ascidian, Ascidiella aspersa , and Its Congener A. scabra (Urochordata: Ascidiacea). <em>Zoological Science.</em> 31(3): 180-185., available online at https://doi.org/10.2108/zsj.31.180 [details] Available for editors [request]
additional source
Nishikawa, T.; Yasuda, A.; Murata, Y.; Otani, M. (2019). The Earliest Japanese records of the invasive European ascidian <i>Ascidiella aspersa</i> (Müller, 1776) (Urochordata: Ascidiidae) from Mutsu and Ago Bays, with a brief discussion of its invasion processes. <em>Sessile Organisms.</em> 36(1): 1-6., available online at https://doi.org/10.4282/sosj.36.1 [details] Available for editors [request]
additional source
Nydam, M.; Nichols, C.; Lambert, G. (2022). First record of the ascidian Ascidiella aspersa (Mϋller, 1776) in southern California. <em>BioInvasions Records.</em> 11(2): 416-427., available online at https://doi.org/10.3391/bir.2022.11.2.15 [details]
additional source
Hayward, P.J. & J.S. Ryland (Eds.). (1990). The marine fauna of the British Isles and North-West Europe: 1. Introduction and protozoans to arthropods. <em>Clarendon Press: Oxford, UK.</em> 627 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors [request]
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 Aeaspe [details]From regional or thematic species database
Introduced species population trend Argentinean part of the South Atlantic Ocean (Marine Region): It is now established in several harbors from Chubut to Puerto Deseado (U.S. Museum of Natural History 2006; Tatián et al. 2010). [details]
Introduced species vector dispersal Argentinean part of the South Atlantic Ocean (Marine Region) Ships: accidental as attached or free-living fouling organisms [details]From other sources
Diet plankton feeder [details]
Dimensions 50-100 mm in size [details]
Distribution Bay of Fundy to Cape Hatteras [details]
Identification Often confused with A. scabra, because it can attaches itself to the hard substrate by his flanks - a characteristic of the latter. [details]
Reproduction hermaphroditic; eggs shed and fertilized in the water [details]
Encyclopedia of Marine Life of Britain and Ireland
Marine Life Information Network - UK
To Barcode of Life (52 barcodes)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (10 publications) (from synonym Ascidia pellucida Alder & Hancock, 1848)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (112 publications)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (12 publications) (from synonym Ascidia affinis Hancock, 1870)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (4 publications) (from synonym Ascidia minuta Kiaer, 1893)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (5 publications) (from synonym Ascidia truncata Herdman, 1881)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (54 publications) (from synonym Ascidia aspersa Müller, 1776)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (6 publications) (from synonym Ascidia triangularis Herdman, 1881)
To Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL)
To Dyntaxa
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Ascidiella aspersa)
To GenBank (2942 nucleotides; 115 proteins)
To Global Invasive Species Database (GISD)
To PESI
To PESI (from synonym Ascidia aspersa Müller, 1776)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Chordata Collection (1 record) (from synonym Ascidia aspersa Müller, 1776)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Chordata Collection (1 record) (from synonym Ascidiella cristata (Risso, 1826))
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Chordata Collection (5 records)
To ITIS
From editor or global species database
From other sources
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