Microcosmus claudicans (Savigny, 1816) 
AphiaID: 103837

Classification: Biota > Animalia > Chordata > Tunicata > Ascidiacea > Stolidobranchia > Pyuridae > Microcosmus

Status		accepted
Record status		Checked by Taxonomic Editor
Rank		Species
Parent		Microcosmus Heller, 1877
Synonymised taxa		Cynthia claudicans Savigny, 1816 (original combination) Microcosmus affinis Heller, 1878 (original combination) Microcosmus spinosus Lacaze-Duthiers & Delage, 1892 (original combination)
Sources		additional source: Monniot, C. (1962) Les Microcosmus des cotes de France Vie Milieu, 13: 397-492. [details] from synonym: Savigny, J.C. (1816) Memoires sur les animaux sans vertebres. Paris., 2, 1-239. [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: Lacaze-Duthiers, H., Y. Delage (1892) Faune des Cynthiadees de Roscoff et cotes de Belge Mem. Pres. Acad. France, ser.2, 45: 1-319. [details] [view taxon]
Direct child taxa [show all]		Subspecies Microcosmus claudicans exasperatus accepted as Microcosmus exasperatus Heller, 1878
Environment		marine
Distribution		East Coast of England [details] East North Atlantic [details] European waters (ERMS scope) [details] Greek Exclusive Economic Zone [details] Mediterranean Sea [details] North East Atlantic [details] South Coast of England [details] Wimereux [details]
Feedingtype		suspension feeder [details]
Host of		Ascidicola rosea Thorell, 1859 (parasitic: ectoparasitic) Doropygella thorelli (Aurivillius, 1882) (parasitic: ectoparasitic) Notodelphys allmani Thorell, 1859 (parasitic: ectoparasitic)
Links		To Barcode of Life (1 barcode) To Biodiversity Heritage Library (17 publications) To Encyclopedia of Life To GenBank (4 nucleotides; 2 proteins) To Marine Species Identification Portal To PESI To ITIS
LSID		urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:103837
Taxonomic Edit history		Date    action    by 2004-12-21 15:54:05Z   created   Monniot, Claude 2007-12-05 12:32:01Z   checked   Sanamyan, Karen
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		Citation: Sanamyan, K.; Monniot, C. (2013). Microcosmus claudicans (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: Shenkar, N.; Gittenberger, A.; Lambert, G.; Rius, M.; Moreira Da Rocha, R.; Swalla, B.J.; Turron, X. (2013) Ascidiacea World Database at http://www.marinespecies.org/ascidiacea/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=103837 on 2013-05-19