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Styela canopus (Savigny, 1816)

103926  (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:103926)

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Species
Ascidia rugosa Agassiz, 1850 · unaccepted (original combination)
Cynthia canopoides (Heller, 1877) · unaccepted (new combination)
Cynthia canopus Savigny, 1816 · unaccepted (original combination)
Cynthia partita Stimpson, 1852 · unaccepted (original combination)
Cynthia stellifera Verrill, 1871 · unaccepted (original combination)
Halocynthia partita (Stimpson, 1852) · unaccepted (new combination)
Styela barbaris Kott, 1952 · unaccepted (original combination)
Styela bermudensis Van Name, 1902 · unaccepted (original combination)
Styela bicolor (Sluiter, 1887) · unaccepted (synonym)
Styela canopoides Heller, 1877 · unaccepted (original combination)
Styela marquesana Michaelsen, 1918 · unaccepted (original combination)
Styela orbicularis Sluiter, 1904 · unaccepted (original combination)
Styela partita (Stimpson, 1852) · unaccepted (new combination)
Styela partito (Stimpson, 1852) · unaccepted (literature misspelling)
Styela pupa Heller, 1878 · unaccepted (original combination)
Styela rectangularis Kott, 1952 · unaccepted (original combination)
Styela stephensoni Michaelsen, 1934 · unaccepted (original combination)
Styela variabilis Hancock, 1868 · unaccepted (original combination)
Tethyum canopus (Savigny, 1816) · unaccepted (new combination)
Tethyum orbiculare (Sluiter, 1904) · unaccepted (new combination)
Tethyum partitum (Stimpson, 1852) · unaccepted (new combination)
Tethyum pupa (Heller, 1878) · unaccepted (new combination)

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(of Cynthia canopus Savigny, 1816) Savigny, J. C. (1816). Memoires sur les animaux sans vertebres. <em>Paris.</em> 2: 1-239. [details]  OpenAccess publication 
Distribution semi-cosmopolitan  
Distribution semi-cosmopolitan [details]
Shenkar, N.; Gittenberger, A.; Lambert, G.; Rius, M.; Moreira da Rocha, R.; Swalla, B.J.; Turon, X. (2021). Ascidiacea World Database. Styela canopus (Savigny, 1816). Accessed at: http://marinespecies.org/ascidiacea/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=103926 on 2024-03-19
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original description  (of Styela marquesana Michaelsen, 1918) Michaelsen, W. (1918). Die Ptychobranchen und Diktyobranchen Ascidien des westlichen Indischen Oceans. <em>Jahrb. Wiss. Anst. Hamburg.</em> 35(2): 1-73.
page(s): 27-36, Fig.5, Pl.1, Fig.4. [details]  OpenAccess publication 

original description  (of Styela pupa Heller, 1878) Heller, C. (1878). Beitrage zur nahern Kenntniss der Tunicaten. <em>Sitzber. Acad. Wiss. Wien.</em> 77(1): 2-28. [details]  OpenAccess publication 

original description  (of Ascidia rugosa Agassiz, 1850) Agassiz, L. (1850). On the embryology of Ascidia and the characteristis of new species from the shores of Massachusetts. <em>Proc. Amer. Assoc. Adv. Sci.</em> 2: 157-159. [details]   

original description  (of Cynthia partita Stimpson, 1852) Stimpson, W. (1852). Several new ascidians from the coast of the United States. <em>Proc. Boston Soc. Nat. Hist.</em> 4: 228-232. [details]   

original description  (of Cynthia stellifera Verrill, 1871) Verrill, A. E. (1871). Descriptions of some imperfectly known and new ascidians from New England. <em>American Journal of Science series 3.</em> 1: 54-58, 93-100, 211-212, 288-294, 443-446., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/36996999 [details]   

original description  (of Cynthia canopus Savigny, 1816) Savigny, J. C. (1816). Memoires sur les animaux sans vertebres. <em>Paris.</em> 2: 1-239. [details]  OpenAccess publication 

original description  (of Styela barbaris Kott, 1952) Kott, P. (1952). The ascidians of Australia. 1. Stolidobranchiata Lahille and Phlebobranchiata Lahille. <em>Aust. J. mar. Freshw. Res.</em> 3: 205:335. [details]  Available for editors  PDF available 

original description  (of Styela rectangularis Kott, 1952) Kott, P. (1952). The ascidians of Australia. 1. Stolidobranchiata Lahille and Phlebobranchiata Lahille. <em>Aust. J. mar. Freshw. Res.</em> 3: 205:335. [details]  Available for editors  PDF available 

original description  (of Styela stephensoni Michaelsen, 1934) Michaelsen, W. (1934). The ascidians of the Cape Province of South Africa. <em>Trans. Roy. Soc. South Africa.</em> 22: 129-163. [details]  Available for editors  PDF available 

original description  (of Styela variabilis Hancock, 1868) Hancock, A. (1868). On the anatomy and physiology of the Tunicata. <em>J. Linn. Soc. Lond.</em> 9 : 309-346. [details]   

original description  (of Styela bermudensis Van Name, 1902) Van Name, W. G. (1902). The ascidians of the Bermuda Islands. <em>Trans. Connecticut Acad. Sci.</em> 11: 325-412. [details]  OpenAccess publication 

original description  (of Styela canopoides Heller, 1877) 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]   

original description  (of Styela orbicularis Sluiter, 1904) Sluiter, C. P. (1904). Die Tunicaten der Siboga-Expedition. Part 1. Die socialen und holosomen Ascidien. <em>Siboga-Exped.</em> 56a: 1-126. [details]   

context source (Introduced species) Fofonoff, P.W.; Ruiz, G.M.; Steves, B.; Carlton, J.T. (2014). National Exotic Marine and Estuarine Species Information System (NEMESIS), available online at http://invasions.si.edu/nemesis [details]   

context source (Deepsea) Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission (IOC) of UNESCO. The Ocean Biogeographic Information System (OBIS), available online at http://www.iobis.org/ [details]   

context source (HKRMS) Kott P. & Goodbody I. (1982). The ascidians of Hong Kong. In: Morton B, editor. Proceedings of the first international marine biological workshop: The marine flora and fauna of Hong Kong and southern China. Hong Kong University Press, Hong Kong. 1: pp 503-554.  [details]   

basis of record Monniot, C.; Monniot, F. (1987). Les ascidies de Polynesie francaise. <em>Mem. mus. nat. hist natur, A.</em> 136: 1-155.
page(s): 119-120, Fig. 47A-C. [details]  Available for editors  PDF available 

basis of record Monniot, C. (2002). Stolidobranch ascidians from the tropical western Indian Ocean. <em>Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society.</em> 135: 65-120.
page(s): 98. [details]  Available for editors  PDF available 

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 Millar, R. H. (1975). Ascidians from the Indo-West-Pacific region in the zoological museum, Copenhagen (Tunicata, Ascidiacea). <em>Steenstrupia.</em> 3(20): 205-336. (look up in IMIS)
page(s): 302-305, Figs. 82-83.; note: Synonymies: Styela partita (Fig. 82) and Styela bicolor (Fig. 84). Styela canopus (Fig. 83). [details]  Available for editors  PDF available 

additional source Kott, P. (1985). The Australian Ascidiacea part 1, Phlebobranchia and Stolidobranchia. <em>Mem Qd Mus.</em> 23: 1-440., available online at http://biostor.org/reference/109626
page(s): 112-115, fig.48. [details]  Available for editors  PDF available 

additional source Rocha, R. M.; Bonnet, N. Y. K. (2009). Ascídias (Tunicata, Ascidiacea) introduzidas no Arquipélago de Alcatrazes, São Paulo. <em>Iheringia, Sér. Zool.</em> 99(1):27-35. [details]  Available for editors  PDF available 

additional source Cole, L. and G. Lambert. 2009. Tunicata (Urochordata) of the Gulf of Mexico, Pp. 1209–1216 in Felder, D.L. and D.K. Camp (eds.), Gulf of Mexico–Origins, Waters, and Biota. Biodiversity. Texas A&M Press, College Station, Texas. [details]   

additional source Liu, J.Y. [Ruiyu] (ed.). (2008). Checklist of marine biota of China seas. <em>China Science Press.</em> 1267 pp. (look up in IMIS[details]  Available for editors  PDF available 

additional source Rocha, R. M.; Bonnet, N. Y. K; Baptista, M. S.; Beltramin, F. S. (2012). Introduced and native Phlebobranch and Stolidobranch solitary ascidians (Tunicata: Ascidiacea) around Salvador, Bahia, Brazil. <em>Zoologia.</em> 29(1):39-53.
page(s): 50 [details]  Available for editors  PDF available 

additional source Brine, O.; Hunt, L.; Costello, M. J. (2013). Marine biofouling on recreational boats on swing moorings and berths. <em>Management of Biological Invasions.</em> 4(4): 327-341., available online at https://doi.org/10.3391/mbi.2013.4.4.07 [details]  Available for editors  PDF available 

additional source Monniot, F. (2018). Ascidians collected during the Madibenthos expedition in Martinique: 2. Stolidobranchia, Styelidae. <em>Zootaxa.</em> 4410(2): 291-318., available online at https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.4410.2.3
page(s): 311-314, Figs. 19-21. [details]  Available for editors  PDF available 

additional source Barros, R. C.; Rocha, R. M. (2021). Genetic analyses reveal cryptic diversity in the widely distributed Styela canopus (Ascidiacea:Styelidae). <em>Invertebrate Systematics.</em> 35, 298–311., available online at https://doi.org/10.1071/is20058 [details]  Available for editors  PDF available 

additional source van der Land, J. (ed). (2008). UNESCO-IOC Register of Marine Organisms (URMO). , available online at http://www.marinespecies.org/urmo/ [details]   

source of synonymy Millar, R. H. (1953). On the collection of ascidians from the Gold Coast. <em>Proc. Zool. oc. London.</em> 123(2): 277-325.
page(s): 311-312, Fig. 18.; note: Styela partita [details]  Available for editors  PDF available 
 
 Present  Inaccurate  Introduced: alien  Containing type locality 
   

Unknown type (of Styela marquesana Michaelsen, 1918) MNHN S1 STY A9, geounit Mozambican Coast [details]
Unknown type (of Styela marquesana Michaelsen, 1918) MRAC Var. 537, geounit Mozambican Coast [details]
Unknown type MNHN S1 STY 324, geounit Martinique [details]
Unknown type QM G9383-5, geounit Queensland [details]
Unknown type QM G9830, geounit Queensland [details]
Unknown type QM GH2090, geounit Townsville [details]
Unknown type QM GH2722, geounit Heron Island [details]
Unknown type QM GH559, geounit Lizard Island (Queensland) [details]
Unknown type QM GH720, geounit Queensland [details]
Unknown type QM GH800, geounit Cairns [details]
Unknown type WAM 940.83, geounit Broome [details]
Unknown type WAM 980.83, geounit Cockburn Sound [details]
From editor or global species database
Genetic nomenclature abbreviation Stcano [details]

Synonymy Millar, 1975: Styela partita [details]

Synonymy Millar, 1975: Styela bicolor [details]

Synonymy Millar, 1953: Styela partita [details]

From regional or thematic species database
Introduced species abundance in United States part of the North Atlantic Ocean (Marine Region) : By the late 19th century, it was abundant and widespread on both sides of the Atlantic, and was generally regarded as a native species. [details]

Introduced species remark In Belizean part of the Caribbean Sea : Styela canopus, commonly known as the Rough Sea Squirt, is a widespread member of the fouling community in the world's coastal waters, and has been reported from ships, buoys, piers, and docks (Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution 1952; Lambert and Lambert, 1998). However, this species has not been reported to have any economic or ecological impacts. [details]

Introduced species remark In Lebanese part of the Mediterranean Sea - Eastern Basin : Styela canopus, commonly known as the Rough Sea Squirt, is a widespread member of the fouling community in the world's coastal waters, and has been reported from ships, buoys, piers, and docks (Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution 1952; Lambert and Lambert, 1998). However, this species has not been reported to have any economic or ecological impacts. [details]

Introduced species remark In Adriatic Sea (IHO Sea Area) : Styela canopus, commonly known as the Rough Sea Squirt, is a widespread member of the fouling community in the world's coastal waters, and has been reported from ships, buoys, piers, and docks (Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution 1952; Lambert and Lambert, 1998). However, this species has not been reported to have any economic or ecological impacts. [details]

Introduced species remark In Caribbean Sea (IHO Sea Area) : Styela canopus, commonly known as the Rough Sea Squirt, is a widespread member of the fouling community in the world's coastal waters, and has been reported from ships, buoys, piers, and docks (Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution 1952; Lambert and Lambert, 1998). However, this species has not been reported to have any economic or ecological impacts. [details]

Introduced species remark Cuban part of the Caribbean Sea (Marine Region) : Styela canopus, commonly known as the Rough Sea Squirt, is a widespread member of the fouling community in the world's coastal waters, and has been reported from ships, buoys, piers, and docks (Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution 1952; Lambert and Lambert, 1998). However, this species has not been reported to have any economic or ecological impacts. [details]

Introduced species remark Egyptian part of the Mediterranean Sea - Eastern Basin (Marine Region) : Styela canopus, commonly known as the Rough Sea Squirt, is a widespread member of the fouling community in the world's coastal waters, and has been reported from ships, buoys, piers, and docks (Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution 1952; Lambert and Lambert, 1998). However, this species has not been reported to have any economic or ecological impacts. [details]

Introduced species remark In Guernsey part of the English Channel (Marine Region) : Styela canopus, commonly known as the Rough Sea Squirt, is a widespread member of the fouling community in the world's coastal waters, and has been reported from ships, buoys, piers, and docks (Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution 1952; Lambert and Lambert, 1998). However, this species has not been reported to have any economic or ecological impacts. [details]

Introduced species remark In Gulf of California (IHO Sea Area) : Styela canopus, commonly known as the Rough Sea Squirt, is a widespread member of the fouling community in the world's coastal waters, and has been reported from ships, buoys, piers, and docks (Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution 1952; Lambert and Lambert, 1998). However, this species has not been reported to have any economic or ecological impacts. [details]

Introduced species remark In Gulf of Mexico (IHO Sea Area) : Styela canopus, commonly known as the Rough Sea Squirt, is a widespread member of the fouling community in the world's coastal waters, and has been reported from ships, buoys, piers, and docks (Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution 1952; Lambert and Lambert, 1998). However, this species has not been reported to have any economic or ecological impacts. [details]

Introduced species remark In Jamaican part of the Caribbean Sea : Styela canopus, commonly known as the Rough Sea Squirt, is a widespread member of the fouling community in the world's coastal waters, and has been reported from ships, buoys, piers, and docks (Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution 1952; Lambert and Lambert, 1998). However, this species has not been reported to have any economic or ecological impacts. [details]

Introduced species remark Panamanian part of the North Pacific Ocean (Marine Region) : Styela canopus, commonly known as the Rough Sea Squirt, is a widespread member of the fouling community in the world's coastal waters, and has been reported from ships, buoys, piers, and docks (Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution 1952; Lambert and Lambert, 1998). However, this species has not been reported to have any economic or ecological impacts. [details]

Introduced species remark Samoan part of the South Pacific Ocean (Marine Region) : Styela canopus, commonly known as the Rough Sea Squirt, is a widespread member of the fouling community in the world's coastal waters, and has been reported from ships, buoys, piers, and docks (Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution 1952; Lambert and Lambert, 1998). However, this species has not been reported to have any economic or ecological impacts. [details]

Introduced species remark In Senegalese part of the North Atlantic Ocean : Styela canopus, commonly known as the Rough Sea Squirt, is a widespread member of the fouling community in the world's coastal waters, and has been reported from ships, buoys, piers, and docks (Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution 1952; Lambert and Lambert, 1998). However, this species has not been reported to have any economic or ecological impacts. [details]

Introduced species remark In Sierra Leonian part of the North Atlantic Ocean : Styela canopus, commonly known as the Rough Sea Squirt, is a widespread member of the fouling community in the world's coastal waters, and has been reported from ships, buoys, piers, and docks (Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution 1952; Lambert and Lambert, 1998). However, this species has not been reported to have any economic or ecological impacts. [details]

Introduced species remark In United Kingdom Exclusive Economic Zone (EEZ) : Styela canopus, commonly known as the Rough Sea Squirt, is a widespread member of the fouling community in the world's coastal waters, and has been reported from ships, buoys, piers, and docks (Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution 1952; Lambert and Lambert, 1998). However, this species has not been reported to have any economic or ecological impacts. [details]

Introduced species remark in United States part of the North Atlantic Ocean (Marine Region) : Styela canopus, commonly known as the Rough Sea Squirt, is a widespread member of the fouling community in the world's coastal waters, and has been reported from ships, buoys, piers, and docks (Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution 1952; Lambert and Lambert, 1998). However, this species has not been reported to have any economic or ecological impacts. [details]

Introduced species vector dispersal Madeiran part of the North Atlantic Ocean (Marine Region) Ships: accidental as attached or free-living fouling organisms [details]

Introduced species vector dispersal Galapagos part of the South Pacific Ocean (Marine Region) [details]

From other sources
Distribution semi-cosmopolitan [details]
LanguageName 
English rough sea squirt [from synonym]  [details]
Japanese フタスジボヤ  [details]

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