African Register of Marine Species (AfReMaS) - Styela aequatorialis Michaelsen, 1915

AfReMaS taxon details

Styela aequatorialis Michaelsen, 1915

AphiaID

215875 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:215875)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Species

Parent

Styela Fleming, 1822

Original name

Styela aequatorialis Michaelsen, 1915

Environment

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

Original description

Michaelsen, W. (1915). Tunicata. In: Beitrage zur Kenntnis der Meeresfauna westafrikas. Hamburg. 1: 312-518. [details]

Taxonomic citation

Shenkar, N.; Gittenberger, A.; Lambert, G.; Rius, M.; Moreira da Rocha, R.; Swalla, B.J.; Turon, X. (2025). Ascidiacea World Database. Styela aequatorialis Michaelsen, 1915. Accessed through: Odido, M.; Appeltans, W.; BelHassen, M.; Mussai, P.; Nsiangango, S.E.; Vandepitte, L.; Wambiji, N.; Zamouri, N. Jiddou, A.M. (Eds) (2025) African Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/afremas/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=215875 on 2026-09-24

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. Styela aequatorialis Michaelsen, 1915. Accessed at: https://marinespecies.org/afremas/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=215875 on 2026-09-24

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2003-07-28 07:55:41Z

created

Vicky

2007-12-05 12:32:01Z

checked

Sanamyan, Karen

2009-05-02 13:35:44Z

changed

Moreira da Rocha, Rosana

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original description Michaelsen, W. (1915). Tunicata. In: Beitrage zur Kenntnis der Meeresfauna westafrikas. Hamburg. 1: 312-518. [details]

basis of record Millar, R. H. (1955). On a collection of ascidians from South Africa. Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond. 125(1): 169-221. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors

Present

Inaccurate

Introduced: alien

Containing type locality

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