African Register of Marine Species (AfReMaS)

AfReMaS taxon details

Sigillina Savigny, 1816

AphiaID

206333 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:206333)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Genus

Parent

Holozoidae Berrill, 1950

Direct children (4)

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Species Sigillina digitata (Millar, 1962)
Species Sigillina moebiusi (Hartmeyer, 1905)
Species Sigillina vasta Millar, 1962
Species Sigillina psammophorus (Hartmeyer, 1912) accepted as Polycitor psammophorus Hartmeyer, 1912

Environment

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

Original description

Savigny, J. C. (1816). Memoires sur les animaux sans vertebres. Paris. 2: 1-239. [details]

Taxonomic citation

Shenkar, N.; Gittenberger, A.; Lambert, G.; Rius, M.; Moreira da Rocha, R.; Swalla, B.J.; Turon, X. (2021). Ascidiacea World Database. Sigillina Savigny, 1816. Accessed through: Odido, M.; Appeltans, W.; BelHassen, M.; Mussai, P.; Nsiangango, S.E.; Vandepitte, L.; Wambiji, N.; Zamouri, N. Jiddou, A.M. (Eds) (2021) African Register of Marine Species at: http://marinespecies.org/afremas/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=206333 on 2026-08-20

Regional species database citation

Odido, M.; Appeltans, W.; BelHassen, M.; Mussai, P.; Nsiangango, S.E.; Vandepitte, L.; Wambiji, N.; Zamouri, N. Jiddou, A.M. (Eds) (2026). African Register of Marine Species. Sigillina Savigny, 1816. Accessed at: https://marinespecies.org/afremas/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=206333 on 2026-08-20

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2003-07-24 07:49:50Z

created

Vicky

2007-11-24 04:53:43Z

changed

Vanden Berghe, Edward

2007-12-02 20:16:11Z

changed

Vanden Berghe, Edward

2007-12-05 10:29:40Z

checked

Sanamyan, Karen

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original description Savigny, J. C. (1816). Memoires sur les animaux sans vertebres. Paris. 2: 1-239. [details]

basis of record Millar, R. H. (1962). Further descriptions of South African ascidians. Ann. S. Afr. Mus. 46(7): 113-221. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors

additional source Sanamyan, K. (2007). Database of extant Ascidiacea. Version of 2 November 2007. (look up in IMIS) [details]

Present

Inaccurate

Introduced: alien

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To Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Sigillina)
To Genbank