WoRMS taxon details
Ascidia mentula Müller, 1776
AphiaID: 103710
AphiaID: 103710
| Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Chordata (Phylum) > Tunicata (Subphylum) > Ascidiacea (Class) > Phlebobranchia (Order) > Ascidiidae (Family) > Ascidia (Genus) |
| Status | accepted | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Record status | Checked by Taxonomic Editor | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Rank | Species | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Parent | Ascidia Linnaeus, 1767 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Synonymised taxa |
Ascidia alderi Alder & Hancock, 1912 (original combination) Ascidia crassa Alder & Hancock, 1912 (original combination) Ascidia plana Alder & Hancock, 1912 (original combination) Ascidia robusta Alder & Hancock, 1912 (original combination) Ascidia rubicunda Alder & Hancock, 1912 (original combination) Ascidia rubrotincta Alder & Hancock, 1912 (original combination) Ascidia rudis Alder & Hancock, 1912 (original combination) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Sources |
original description: Mueller, O.F. (1776) Zoologiae Danicae Prodromus. Copenhagen: 244-226 [details] 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: Millar, R.H. (1966) Tunicata. Ascidiacea Marine invertebrates of Scandinavia. 1. [details] additional source: Howson, C.M.; Picton, B.E. (Ed.) (1997). The species directory of the marine fauna and flora of the British Isles and surrounding seas. Ulster Museum Publication, 276. The Ulster Museum: Belfast, UK. ISBN 0-948150-06-8. vi, 508 (+ cd-rom) pp. (look up in IMIS) [details] additional source: UNESCO-IOC Register of Marine Organisms (look up in IMIS) [details] additional source: Dyntaxa (2013) Swedish Taxonomic Database. Accessed at www.dyntaxa.se [15-01-2013]., available online at http://www.dyntaxa.se [details] from synonym: Alder, J., Hancock (1905-1912) The British Tunicata. London, Ray Society, vol.1 (1905), 146pp; 2 (1907), vol.2 (1907), 164pp; vol.3, (1912), 113pp. [details] [view taxon] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Environment | marine | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Distribution | British Isles [details] East North Atlantic [details] European waters (ERMS scope) [details] Greek Exclusive Economic Zone [details] Irish Exclusive economic Zone [details] Mediterranean Sea [details] North East Atlantic [details] Norwegian Exclusive Economic Zone [details] Swedish Exclusive Economic Zone [details] United Kingdom Exclusive Economic Zone [details] Wimereux [details] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Feedingtype | suspension feeder [details] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Host of |
Ascidicola rosea Thorell, 1859 (parasitic: ectoparasitic)
Buprorus loveni Thorell, 1859 (parasitic: ectoparasitic) Botachus cylindratus Thorell, 1859 (parasitic: ectoparasitic) Doropygella normani (Brady, 1878) (parasitic: ectoparasitic) Doropygella thorelli (Aurivillius, 1882) (parasitic: ectoparasitic) Notodelphys allmani Thorell, 1859 (parasitic: ectoparasitic) Notodelphys platymera Illg & Dudley, 1961 (parasitic: ectoparasitic) Notodelphys prasina Thorell, 1859 (parasitic: ectoparasitic) Notopterophorus auritus (Thorell, 1859) (parasitic: ectoparasitic) Notopterophorus elatus Giesbrecht, 1882 (parasitic: ectoparasitic) Notopterophorus elongatus Costa O.G., 1838 (parasitic: ectoparasitic) Notopterophorus papilio Hesse, 1864 (parasitic: ectoparasitic) Laophonte dominicalis Monard, 1935 (parasitic: ectoparasitic) Lichomolgus forficula Thorell, 1859 (parasitic: ectoparasitic) Lichomolgus marginatus Thorell, 1859 (parasitic: ectoparasitic) Paranthessius rostratus (Canu, 1891) (parasitic: ectoparasitic) Doropygus gibber Thorell, 1859 (parasitic: ectoparasitic) Doropygus elongatus maculatus Gourret, 1888 (parasitic: ectoparasitic) Buprorus loveni Thorell, 1859 (parasitic: endoparasitic) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Links | Encyclopedia of Marine Life of Britain and Ireland Marine Life Information Network - UK To Biodiversity Heritage Library (249 publications) To Dyntaxa To Encyclopedia of Life To GenBank (1 nucleotides; 1 proteins) To Marine Species Identification Portal To PESI To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Chordata Collection To ITIS | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| LSID | urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:103710 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Citation: Sanamyan, K.; Monniot, C. (2013). Ascidia mentula Müller, 1776. 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=103710 on 2013-05-20 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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