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Polycarpa discoidea Heller, 1877 
AphiaID: 103900

Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Chordata (Phylum) > Tunicata (Subphylum) > Ascidiacea (Class) > Stolidobranchia (Order) > Styelidae (Family) > Polycarpa (Genus)
Status accepted
Record
status		 Checked by Taxonomic Editor
Rank Species
Parent Polycarpa Heller, 1877
Synonymised
taxa		  Eusynstyela discoidea Heller, 1877
Sources  original description: Heller, C. (1877) Untersuchungen uber die Tunicaten des Adriatischen und Mittelmeeres Denkschen. Acad. Wiss. Wien, 37: 241-275. [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: UNESCO-IOC Register of Marine Organisms (look up in IMIS) [details]

additional source: Monniot, C., F. Monniot (1970-(1971)) Quelques ascidies de l'Adriatique Bull. Mus. natn. Hist. nat., Paris, 42(6): 1189-1199. [details]

Environment marine, fresh, terrestrial
Distribution East North Atlantic (from synonym) [details] [view taxon]
European waters (ERMS scope) [details]
Links To Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication)
To Encyclopedia of Life
To PESI
LSID urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:103900
Taxonomic
Edit history		 
Date   action   by
2004-12-21 15:54:05Z  created  Monniot, Claude
2007-12-05 12:32:01Z  checked  Sanamyan, Karen
2010-06-25 20:58:01Z  changed  Gittenberger, Arjan
  
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  Citation: Gittenberger, A.; Sanamyan, K.; Monniot, C. (2013). Polycarpa discoidea Heller, 1877. 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=103900 on 2013-06-19
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