African Register of Marine Species (AfReMaS) - Metrocarpa nigrum (Herdman, 1886)

WRiMS name details

Metrocarpa nigrum (Herdman, 1886)

AphiaID

212518 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:212518)

Classification

Status

unaccepted (new combination)

Accepted name

Botrylloides nigrum Herdman, 1886 accepted as Botrylloides niger Herdman, 1886

Rank

Species

Parent

Metrocarpa Ärnbäck-Christie-Linde, 1923 accepted as Botrylloides Milne Edwards, 1841

Original name

Botrylloides nigrum Herdman, 1886

Environment

marine, ~~fresh~~, ~~terrestrial~~

Original description

(of Botrylloides nigrum Herdman, 1886) Herdman, W. A. (1886). Report on the tunicata collected during the voyage of H.M.S. "Challenger" during the years 1873-1876. Part. II. Ascidiae compositae. Report on the Scientific Results of the Voyage of H.M.S. Challenger during the years 1873–76. Zoology. 14 (part 38): 1-432, pl. 1-49., available online at http://www.19thcenturyscience.org/HMSC/HMSC-Reports/Zool-38/README.htm [details]

Taxonomic citation

Shenkar, N.; Gittenberger, A.; Lambert, G.; Rius, M.; Moreira da Rocha, R.; Swalla, B.J.; Turon, X. (2021). Ascidiacea World Database. Metrocarpa nigrum (Herdman, 1886). Accessed through: Rius, M.; Ahyong, S.; Costello, M. J.; Galil, B. S.; Gollasch, S.; Hutchings, P.; Katsanevakis, S.; Lejeusne, C.; Marchini, A.; Occhipinti, A.; Pagad, S.; Poore, G. C. B; Robinson, T. B.; Sterrer, W.; Turon, X.; Willan, R. C.; Zhan, A. (2021) World Register of Introduced Marine Species (WRiMS) at: http://marinespecies.org/introduced/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=212518 on 2025-05-04

Thematic species database citation

Costello, M. J.; Ahyong, S.; Bieler, R.; Boudouresque, C.; Desiderato, A.; Downey, R.; Galil, B. S.; Gollasch, S.; Hutchings, P.; Kamburska, L.; Katsanevakis, S.; Kupriyanova, E.; Lejeusne, C.; Ma, K. C. K.; Marchini, A.; Occhipinti, A.; Pagad, S.; Pino, L.; Poore, G. C. B.; Rewicz, T.; Rius, M.; Robinson, T. B.; Sobczyk, R.; Stępień, A.; Turon, X.; Valls Domedel, G.; Verleye, T.; Vieira, L. M.; Willan, R. C.; Zhan, A. (2025). World Register of Introduced Marine Species (WRiMS). Metrocarpa nigrum (Herdman, 1886). Accessed at: https://marinespecies.org/introduced/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=212518 on 2025-05-04

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

1998-08-12 11:46:09Z

created

Fondo, Esther

2007-12-05 14:57:18Z

changed

Sanamyan, Karen

[taxonomic tree]

original description (of Botrylloides nigrum Herdman, 1886) Herdman, W. A. (1886). Report on the tunicata collected during the voyage of H.M.S. "Challenger" during the years 1873-1876. Part. II. Ascidiae compositae. Report on the Scientific Results of the Voyage of H.M.S. Challenger during the years 1873–76. Zoology. 14 (part 38): 1-432, pl. 1-49., available online at http://www.19thcenturyscience.org/HMSC/HMSC-Reports/Zool-38/README.htm [details]

basis of record Fishelson, L. (1971). Ecology and distribution of the benthic fauna in the shallow waters of the Red Sea. Marine Biology. 10(2): 113-133., available online at https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00354828 [details]

additional source Streftaris, N., A. Zenetos & E. Papathanassiou. (2005). Globalisation in marine ecosystems: the story of non-indigenous marine species across European seas. Oceanogry and Marine Biology: an Annual Review. 43: 419-453. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors

Present

Inaccurate

Introduced: alien

Containing type locality

To Biodiversity Heritage Library (2 publications)