original description
Herdman, W. A. (1880). Preliminary report on the Tunicata of the Challenger expedition. Ascidiidae. <em>Proc. R. Soc. Edinburgh.</em> 10(1): 458-472. [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]
From editor or global species database
Genetic nomenclature abbreviation Asplac [details]