Ascidiacea taxon details
Microcosmus polymorphus Heller, 1877
103842 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:103842)
accepted
Species
marine, fresh, terrestrial
Heller, C. (1877). Untersuchungen über die Tunicaten des Adriatischen und Mittelmeeres. <em>Denkschriften der Kaiserlichen Academie der Wissenschaften. Mathematisch-Naturwissenschaftliche Classe, Wien.</em> 37: 241-275, plates I-VII., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/7221621 [details]
Shenkar, N.; Gittenberger, A.; Lambert, G.; Rius, M.; Moreira da Rocha, R.; Swalla, B.J.; Turon, X. (2025). Ascidiacea World Database. Microcosmus polymorphus Heller, 1877. Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/ascidiacea/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=103842 on 2025-07-20
original description
Heller, C. (1877). Untersuchungen über die Tunicaten des Adriatischen und Mittelmeeres. <em>Denkschriften der Kaiserlichen Academie der Wissenschaften. Mathematisch-Naturwissenschaftliche Classe, Wien.</em> 37: 241-275, plates I-VII., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/7221621 [details]
basis of record Monniot, C. (2001). Ascidiacea & Sorberacea. <em>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.</em> 50: pp. 352-355. (look up in IMIS) [details]
additional source van der Land, J. (ed). (2008). UNESCO-IOC Register of Marine Organisms (URMO). , available online at http://www.marinespecies.org/urmo/ [details]
additional source Herdman, W. A. (1882). Report on the Tunicata collected during the voyage of H.M.S. Challenger during the years 1873-1876. Part 1, Ascidiae simplices. <em>Report on the Scientific Results of the Voyage of H.M.S. Challenger during the years 1873–76. Zoology.</em> 6 (part 17): 1-296, pl. 1-37., available online at http://www.19thcenturyscience.org/HMSC/HMSC-Reports/Zool-17/README.htm [details]
basis of record Monniot, C. (2001). Ascidiacea & Sorberacea. <em>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.</em> 50: pp. 352-355. (look up in IMIS) [details]
additional source van der Land, J. (ed). (2008). UNESCO-IOC Register of Marine Organisms (URMO). , available online at http://www.marinespecies.org/urmo/ [details]
additional source Herdman, W. A. (1882). Report on the Tunicata collected during the voyage of H.M.S. Challenger during the years 1873-1876. Part 1, Ascidiae simplices. <em>Report on the Scientific Results of the Voyage of H.M.S. Challenger during the years 1873–76. Zoology.</em> 6 (part 17): 1-296, pl. 1-37., available online at http://www.19thcenturyscience.org/HMSC/HMSC-Reports/Zool-17/README.htm [details]
Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
From editor or global species database
Genetic nomenclature abbreviation Mipymo [details]
| Language | Name | |
|---|---|---|
| Modern Greek (1453-) | Βραχόφουσκα | [details] |
