WoRMS taxon details
Ascidiella aspersa (Müller, 1776)
AphiaID: 103718
AphiaID: 103718
| Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Chordata (Phylum) > Tunicata (Subphylum) > Ascidiacea (Class) > Phlebobranchia (Order) > Ascidiidae (Family) > Ascidiella (Genus) |
| Status | accepted | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Record status | Checked by Taxonomic Editor | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Rank | Species | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Parent | Ascidiella Roule, 1884 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Synonymised taxa |
Ascidia aculeata Alder, 1863 (original combination) Ascidia affinis Hancock, 1870 (original combination) Ascidia albida Alder & Hancock, 1848 (original combination) Ascidia aspersa Mueller, 1776 (original combination) Ascidia cristata Risso, 1826 (original combination) Ascidia elliptica Alder & Hancock, 1848 (original combination) Ascidia expansa Kiaer, 1893 (original combination) Ascidia minuta Kiaer, 1893 (original combination) Ascidia normanni Alder & Hancock, 1870 (original combination) Ascidia opalina Macgillivray, 1843 (original combination) Ascidia patula Mueller, 1776 (original combination) Ascidia pedunculata Hoffman, 1829 (original combination) Ascidia pellucida Alder & Hancock, 1848 (original combination) Ascidia pustulosa Alder, 1863 (original combination) Ascidia scabra Mueller, 1776 (original combination) Ascidia sordida Alder & Hancock, 1848 (original combination) Ascidia triangularis Herdman, 1881 (original combination) Ascidia truncata Herdman, 1881 (original combination) Ascidiella cristata (Risso, 1826) (new combination) Ascidiella pellucida (Alder & Hancock, 1848) (new combination) Phallusia aspersa (Mueller, 1776) (new combination) Phallusia cristata (Risso, 1826) (new combination) Phallusia patula (Mueller, 1776) (new combination) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Sources |
original description: Müller, O.F. (1776). Zoologica Danicae Prodromus seu Animalium Daniae et Norvegiae indigenarum characters, nomine, et synonyma imprimis popularium. Havniae. XXXII, 274 pp., available online at http://dx.doi.org/10.5962/bhl.title.13268 [details] [full text]
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] additional source: UNESCO-IOC Register of Marine Organisms (look up in IMIS) [details] additional source: Kott, P. (1985) The Australian Ascidiacea part 1, Phlebobranchia and Stolidobranchia Mem. Qd Mus. 23: 1-440. [details] additional source: Kott, P. ; Esnal, G. (2009). Tunicata. In: Gordon, D. (Ed.) (2009). New Zealand Inventory of Biodiversity. Volume One: Kingdom Animalia. 584 pp [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. (1863) Observations on the British Tunicata with descriptions of several new species Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist., ser.3, 11: 153-173. [details] [view taxon] from synonym: Hancock, A. (1870) On the larval state of Molgula; with descriptions of several new species of simple ascidians Ann. Mag. nat. Hist. (4) 6: 353-368 [details] [view taxon] from synonym: Mueller, O.F. (1776) Zoologiae Danicae Prodromus. Copenhagen: 244-226 [details] [view taxon] from synonym: Alder, J., A. Hancock (1848) Additions to the mollusca of Northumberland and Durham. Trans. Tyneside Field Club, 1: 195-207. [details] [view taxon] from synonym: Hoffman, F. (1829) Einige Bemerkungen uber die Vegetation und die fauna von Helgoland. Sber. Ges. Naturf. Freunde Berl. 1: 228-260 [details] [view taxon] from synonym: Sanamyan, K. (2007). Database of extant Ascidiacea. Version of 2 November 2007. (look up in IMIS) [details] [view taxon] from synonym: Risso, A. (1826). Histoire naturelle des principales productions de l'Europe Méridionale et particulièrement de celles des environs de Nice et des Alpes Maritimes. Paris: F.G. Levrault. Vol. 4: IV, 1-439, 12 pls. [details] [view taxon] from synonym: 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. Cunningham & Mortimer, London, xxiv + 372 pp. [details] [view taxon] from synonym: Herdman, W.A. (1881) Notes on the British Tunicata with descriptions of new species. Proc. Linn. Soc. London, 15: 274-290 [details] [view taxon] from synonym: Kiaer, J. (1893) Oversigt over Norgen Ascidiae Simplices Vedensk. Selsk. Forh., Christiania, 9: 1-105. [details] [view taxon] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Environment | marine | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Distribution | British Isles [details] European waters (ERMS scope) [details] Greek Exclusive Economic Zone [details] Grevelingen [details] Gulf of Maine [details] Irish Exclusive economic Zone [details] Joes Point [details] Mediterranean Sea [details] New Zealand Exclusive Economic Zone [details] North East Atlantic [details] North Sea [details] North West Atlantic [details] Norwegian Exclusive Economic Zone [details] Oostduinkerke [details] Saldanha Bay [details] Spuikom [details] Swedish Exclusive Economic Zone [details] United Kingdom Exclusive Economic Zone [details] West Coast of Norway [details] Wimereux [details] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Feedingtype | suspension feeder [details] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Host of |
Ascidicola rosea Thorell, 1859 (parasitic: ectoparasitic)
Doropygella psyllus (Thorell, 1859) (parasitic: ectoparasitic) Doropygus pulex Thorell, 1859 (parasitic: ectoparasitic) Goniodelphys trigona Buchholz, 1869 (parasitic: ectoparasitic) Notodelphys allmani Thorell, 1859 (parasitic: ectoparasitic) Notodelphys caerulea Thorell, 1859 (parasitic: ectoparasitic) Notodelphys prasina Thorell, 1859 (parasitic: ectoparasitic) Notodelphys rufescens Thorell, 1859 (parasitic: ectoparasitic) Notopterophorus elongatus Costa O.G., 1838 (parasitic: ectoparasitic) Lichomolgus canui Sars G.O., 1917 (parasitic: ectoparasitic) Gonophysema gullmarensis Bresciani & Lützen, 1960 (parasitic: ectoparasitic) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Links | Encyclopedia of Marine Life of Britain and Ireland Marine Life Information Network - UK To Antarctic Invertebrates To Barcode of Life (5 barcodes) To Biodiversity Heritage Library (95 publications) To Dyntaxa To Encyclopedia of Life To GenBank (7 nucleotides; 2 proteins) To Marine Species Identification Portal To PESI To ITIS | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Notes |
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] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| LSID | urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:103718 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Citation: Sanamyan, K.; Monniot, C. (2013). Ascidiella aspersa (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=103718 on 2013-05-23 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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