WoRMS banner
 Home
 About
 Search taxa
 Taxon tree
 Literature
 Distribution
 Specimens
 Match taxa
 Editors
 Statistics
 Users
 Webservice
 Photogallery
 Info downloads
 Sponsors
 Glossary
 Manual
 Log in
Add search provider Add provider
Twitter: Latest updates @WRMarineSpecies

WoRMS taxon details

Checked: verified by a taxonomic editorPolycarpa contecta (Sluiter, 1904) 
AphiaID: 251010

Classification: Biota > Checked: verified by a taxonomic editorAnimalia (Kingdom) > Checked: verified by a taxonomic editorChordata (Phylum) > Unreviewed: has not been verified by a taxonomic editorTunicata (Subphylum) > Checked: verified by a taxonomic editorAscidiacea (Class) > Checked: verified by a taxonomic editorStolidobranchia (Order) > Checked: verified by a taxonomic editorStyelidae (Family) > Checked: verified by a taxonomic editorPolycarpa (Genus) > Checked: verified by a taxonomic editorPolycarpa contecta (Species)
Status accepted
Rank Species
Parent Checked: verified by a taxonomic editorPolycarpa Heller, 1877
Synonymised
names		  Checked: verified by a taxonomic editorStyela contecta Sluiter, 1904 (original combination)
Sources  basis of record Kott, P. (1985). The Australian Ascidiacea part 1, Phlebobranchia and Stolidobranchia. Mem Qd Mus. 23: 1-440. [details]

[show all]
Environment marine
Distribution 
From other sources
Unreviewed: has not been verified by a taxonomic editorCentral Indo-Pacific [details]
Links Unreviewed: has not been verified by a taxonomic editorTo Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication) 
Unreviewed: has not been verified by a taxonomic editorTo Encyclopedia of Life 
Unreviewed: has not been verified by a taxonomic editorTo USNM Invertebrate Zoology Chordata Collection 
Notes 
From editor or global species database
Checked: verified by a taxonomic editorGenetic nomenclature abbreviation Pocont [details]

From other sources
Unreviewed: has not been verified by a taxonomic editorHabitat Known from seamounts and knolls [details]
LSID urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:251010
Taxonomic
Edit history		 
Date   action   by
2007-12-05 12:32:01Z  created  Sanamyan, Karen
  
[Taxonomic tree] [Occurrence map] [Google] [Google scholar] [Google images]
  Citation: Sanamyan, K. (2014). Polycarpa contecta. In: Shenkar, N.; Gittenberger, A.; Lambert, G.; Rius, M.; Moreira Da Rocha, R.; Swalla, B.J.; Turon, X. (2014) Ascidiacea World Database. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=251010 on 2015-01-26
  Creative Commons License The webpage text is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License