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Polycarpa mytiligera (Savigny, 1816) 
AphiaID: 215948

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
  Cynthia mytiligera Savigny, 1816 (original combination)
Pandocia seychellensis Michaelsen, 1912 (original combination)
Polycarpa seychellensis (Michaelsen, 1912) (new combination)
Sources  basis of record: Monniot, F. & C. Monniot (1997). Ascidians collected in Tanzania. [details]

basis of record: Monniot, C. (1973). Redescription de six Ascidies du golfe d'Elat recoltées par H. Schuhmacher. [Redescription of six ascidians from the Gulf of Eilat, collected by H. Schuhmacher.] Isr. J. Zool. 22: 51-62 (look up in IMIS[details]

additional source: Monniot, C. (2002) Stolidobranch ascidians from the tropical western Indian Ocean Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society, 2002, 135: 65-120 [details]

additional source: UNESCO-IOC Register of Marine Organisms (look up in IMIS[details]

from synonym: Monniot, C. & F. Monniot (1976). Ascidies de la Côte du Mozambique. [Ascidians from the Mozambique coast.] Rev. Zool. Afr. (1974) 90(2): 357-392. [details] [view taxon]

from synonym: Savigny, J.C. (1816) Memoires sur les animaux sans vertebres. Paris., 2, 1-239. [details] [view taxon]

from synonym: Michaelsen, W (1912) Die Tethyiden (Styeliden) des Naturhistorischen Museum zu Hamburg, nebst Nachtrag und Annang einige andere familien betreffend Jahrb. Wiss. Anst., Hamburg, 28, suppl.2: 109-186. [details] [view taxon]

Environment marine
Distribution Indo-West Pacific [details]
Mozambique (from synonym) [details] [view taxon]
Red Sea [details]
Tanzania [details]
Links To Biodiversity Heritage Library (3 publications)
To Encyclopedia of Life
To GenBank (1 nucleotides; 0 proteins)
Note  Type locality: Type locality: Suez
Stations: Tanzania, west side of Pemba Island, 27 m, outer reef 5°14.01'S- 39°35.61'E, (CRRF coll.), MNHN S1 Pol. B 369. Mozambique, Ibo Island, outer reef (Monniot coll.), MNHN S1 Pol. B 370 (Monniot & Monniot, 1997).


Fishelson (1971) placed this genus under Botryllidae [details]

LSID urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:215948
Taxonomic
Edit history
 
Date   action   by
1998-08-12 11:46:09Z  created  Fondo, Esther
2003-07-24 07:49:50Z  changed  Vicky
2007-12-05 12:32:01Z  checked  Sanamyan, Karen
  
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  Citation: Sanamyan, K. (2013). Polycarpa mytiligera (Savigny, 1816). 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=215948 on 2013-05-24
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