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Sidnyum elegans (Giard, 1872) 
AphiaID: 103683

Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Chordata (Phylum) > Tunicata (Subphylum) > Ascidiacea (Class) > Aplousobranchia (Order) > Polyclinidae (Family) > Sidnyum (Genus)
Status unaccepted unaccepted (new combination)
Record
status
 Checked by Taxonomic Editor
Accepted name  Aplidium elegans (Giard, 1872)
Rank Species
Parent Sidnyum Savigny, 1816 accepted as Aplidium Savigny, 1816
Sources  basis of record: Monniot, C. (2001). Ascidiacea & Sorberacea, 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, 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]. Commission Régionale de Biologie Région Nord Pas-de-Calais: France. 307 pp. (look up in IMIS[details]

additional source: Hayward, P.J.; Ryland, J.S. (Ed.) (1990). The marine fauna of the British Isles and North-West Europe: 1. Introduction and protozoans to arthropods. Clarendon Press: Oxford, UK. ISBN 0-19-857356-1. 627 pp. (look up in IMIS[details]

Vernacular
Names
 
Language   Name 
French fraise de mer  [details]
Environment marine, terrestrial
Distribution English Channel [details]
Plymouth [details]
United Kingdom Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Wimereux [details]
Feedingtype  suspension feeder [details]
Host of  Enterocola gottoi Conradi, Lopez-Gonzalez & Garcia-Gomez, 1992 (parasitic: ectoparasitic)
Enterocola sydnii Chatton & Harant, 1924 (parasitic: ectoparasitic)
Zygomolgus poucheti (Canu, 1891) (parasitic: ectoparasitic)
Links Encyclopedia of Marine Life of Britain and Ireland
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication)
To Marine Species Identification Portal
To PESI
To ITIS
Note  Identification: It is unresolved whether the flat-topped colony form wich rather resembles Sidnyum elegans , should be treated as a separate species, A. nordmanni or as a form of A. proliferum  [details]
LSID urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:103683
Taxonomic
Edit history
 
Date   action   by
2004-12-21 15:54:05Z  created  Monniot, Claude
2005-02-06 14:31:04Z  changed  Vanden Berghe, Edward
2005-04-18 07:42:39Z  changed  Cuvelier, Daphne
2007-12-05 14:57:18Z  changed  Sanamyan, Karen
  
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  Citation: Sanamyan, K.; Monniot, C. (2013). Sidnyum elegans (Giard, 1872). In: Shenkar, N.; Gittenberger, A.; Lambert, G.; Rius, M.; Moreira Da Rocha, R.; Swalla, B.J.; Turron, X. (2013) Ascidiacea World Database. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=103683 on 2013-06-20
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