Microcosmus polymorphus Heller, 1877 
AphiaID: 103842

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

Status		accepted
Record status		Checked by Taxonomic Editor
Rank		Species
Parent		Microcosmus Heller, 1877
Sources		original description: Heller, C. (1877) Untersuchungen uber die Tunicaten des Adriatischen und Mittelmeeres Denkschen. Acad. Wiss. Wien, 37: 241-275. [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. Zool. Chall. Exp. 6(17): 1-296. [details]
Environment		marine
Distribution		East North Atlantic [details] European waters (ERMS scope) [details] Greek Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Host of		Ascidicola rosea Thorell, 1859 (parasitic: ectoparasitic) Scolecimorpha joubini (Chatton, 1909) (parasitic: ectoparasitic) Notodelphys echinata Monniot, 1961 (parasitic: ectoparasitic)
Links		To Barcode of Life (2 barcodes) To Biodiversity Heritage Library (15 publications) To Encyclopedia of Life To GenBank (4 nucleotides; 2 proteins) To PESI
LSID		urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:103842
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 polymorphus Heller, 1877. 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=103842 on 2013-05-22