Microcosmus exasperatus Heller, 1878 
AphiaID: 103838

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		Ascidia cavernosa Lesueur, 1823 (original combination) Ascidia variabilis Lesueur, 1823 (original combination) Microcosmus biconvolutus Sluiter, 1898 (original combination) Microcosmus claudicans exasperatus Microcosmus distans Heller, 1878 (original combination) Microcosmus haemisphaerium Sluiter, 1904 (original combination) Microcosmus miniatus Verrill, 1900 (original combination) Microcosmus variegatus Heller, 1878 (original combination) Pyura cavernosa (Lesueur, 1823) (new combination) Pyura variabilis (Lesueur, 1823) (new combination)
Sources		original description: Heller, C. (1878) Beitrage zur nahern Kenntniss der Tunicaten Sitzber. Acad. Wiss. Wien, 77(1): 2-28. [details] additional source: Kott, P. (1985) The Australian Ascidiacea part 1, Phlebobranchia and Stolidobranchia Mem. Qd Mus. 23: 1-440. [details] from synonym: Lesueur, C.A. Descriptions of several new species of Ascidia. Jour. Acad. Nat. Sci. Philadelphia, vol.3: 2-8 [details] [view taxon] from synonym: Sluiter, C.P. (1898) Tuniciers recueilli en 1896, par la Charalie, dans la mer des Antilles Mem. Soc. Zool. France, 11: 5-34. [details] [view taxon] from synonym: Sluiter, C.P. (1904) Die Tunicaten der Siboga-Expedition. Part 1. Die socialen und holosomen Ascidien Siboga-Exped., 56a: 1-126. [details] [view taxon] from synonym: Verrill, A.E. (1900) Addition to the Tunicata and Molluscoidea of the Bermudas Trans. Connecticut Acad. Sci. 10: 588-594. [details] [view taxon] from synonym: Sanamyan, K. (2007). Database of extant Ascidiacea. Version of 2 November 2007. (look up in IMIS) [details] [view taxon]
Direct child taxa [show all]		Variety Microcosmus exasperatus var. aulacoferum Hérubel, 1924
Environment		marine
Distribution		European waters (ERMS scope) [details] Gulf of Mexico [details] Mediterranean Sea [details] Mozambique [details] South Africa (country) [details]
Host of		Pachypygus gibber (Thorell, 1859) (parasitic: ectoparasitic) Pachypygus macer Illg, 1958 (parasitic: ectoparasitic)
Links		Delivering Alien Invasive Species Inventories for Europe (DAISIE) To Biodiversity Heritage Library (13 publications) To Encyclopedia of Life To PESI To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Chordata Collection To ITIS
Notes		Distribution: circum-(sub)tropical [details] Habitat: Known from the nearshore. [details]
LSID		urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:103838
Taxonomic Edit history		Date    action    by 2004-12-21 15:54:05Z   created   Monniot, Claude 2007-12-05 12:32:01Z   checked   Sanamyan, Karen 2011-07-18 18:26:05Z   changed   Moreira da Rocha, Rosana
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		Citation: Moreira da Rocha, R.; Sanamyan, K.; Monniot, C. (2013). Microcosmus exasperatus 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: 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=103838 on 2013-05-22