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Asterocarpa humilis (Heller, 1878) 
AphiaID: 250047

Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Chordata (Phylum) > Tunicata (Subphylum) > Ascidiacea (Class) > Stolidobranchia (Order) > Styelidae (Family) > Asterocarpa (Genus)
Status accepted
Record
status		 Checked by Taxonomic Editor
Rank Species
Parent Asterocarpa Brewin, 1946
Synonymised
taxa		  Asterocarpa cerea (Sluiter, 1900) (new combination)
 Cnemidocarpa asymmetra (Hartmeyer, 1912) (new combination)
 Cnemidocarpa aucklandica Bovien, 1921 (original combination)
 Cnemidocarpa cerea (Sluiter, 1900) (new combination)
 Cnemidocarpa gregaria (Kesteven, 1909) (new combination)
 Dendrodoa gregaria Kesteven, 1909 (original combination)
 Pandocia gregaria (Kesteven, 1909) (new combination)
 Styela asymmetra (Hartmeyer, 1912) (new combination)
 Styela cerea Sluiter, 1900 (original combination)
 Styela humilis Heller, 1878 (original combination)
 Tethyum asymmetron Hartmeyer, 1912 (original combination)
Sources  basis of record: Kott, P. (1992) The Australian Ascidiacea, supplement 2 Mem. Qd Mus. 32(2): 621-655. [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: UNESCO-IOC Register of Marine Organisms (look up in IMIS) [details]

from synonym: Millar, R.H. (1962). Further descriptions of South African ascidians. Ann. S. Afr. Mus. 46(7): 113-221 (look up in IMIS) [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: Bovien, P. (1921) Ascidiae from the Aukland and Campbell Islands Vid. Meddel. Dansk Nat. Foren, 73: 33-47. [details] [view taxon]

from synonym: Kesteven, H.L. (1909) Studies on Tunicata. 1 Proc. Linn. Soc. N.S.W., 34: 276-295. [details] [view taxon]

from synonym: Sluiter, C.P. (1900) Tunicaten aus dem Stillen Ozean Zool. Jahrb., Syst, 11: 1-64. [details] [view taxon]

from synonym: Heller, C. (1878) Beitrage zur nahern Kenntniss der Tunicaten Sitzber. Acad. Wiss. Wien, 77(1): 2-28. [details] [view taxon]

from synonym: Hartmeyer, R. (1912) Die ascidien der Deutschen Tiefsee-Expedition. Deutschen Tiefsee-Expedition, 16: 225-392. [details] [view taxon]

Environment marine
Distribution Indo-Pacific [details]
New Zealand Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
United Kingdom Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Links To Encyclopedia of Life
To GenBank (4 nucleotides; 2 proteins)
To PESI
LSID urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:250047
Taxonomic
Edit history		 
Date   action   by
2007-12-05 12:32:01Z  created  Sanamyan, Karen
  
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  Citation: Sanamyan, K. (2013). Asterocarpa humilis (Heller, 1878). 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=250047 on 2013-05-23
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