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Metrocarpa nigrum (Herdman, 1886) 
AphiaID: 212518

Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Chordata (Phylum) > Tunicata (Subphylum) > Ascidiacea (Class) > Stolidobranchia (Order) > Styelidae (Family) > Metrocarpa (Genus)
Status unaccepted unaccepted (new combination)
Record
status
 Checked by Taxonomic Editor
Accepted name  Botrylloides nigrum Herdman, 1886
Rank Species
Parent Metrocarpa Ärnbäck-Christie-Linde, 1923 accepted as Botrylloides Milne-Edwards, 1841
Sources  basis of record: Fishelson, L., 1971. Ecology and distribution of the benthic fauna in the shallow waters of the Red Sea. Marine Biology, 10/2: 113-133. [details] [full text]

additional source: Streftaris, N.; Zenetos, A.; Papathanassiou, E. (2005). Globalisation in marine ecosystems: the story of non-indigenous marine species across European seas. Oceanogr. Mar. Biol. Ann. Rev. 43: 419-453 (look up in IMIS[details]

Environment marine, terrestrial
Distribution Mediterranean Sea [details]
Red Sea [details]
LSID urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:212518
Taxonomic
Edit history
 
Date   action   by
1998-08-12 11:46:09Z  created  Fondo, Esther
2007-12-05 14:57:18Z  changed  Sanamyan, Karen
  
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  Citation: Sanamyan, K. (2013). Metrocarpa nigrum (Herdman, 1886). 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=212518 on 2013-05-19
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