African Register of Marine Species (AfReMaS) - Styela angularis (Stimpson, 1855)

AfReMaS taxon details

Styela angularis (Stimpson, 1855)

AphiaID

215876 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:215876)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Species

Parent

Styela Fleming, 1822

Original name

Cynthia angularis Stimpson, 1855

Synonymised names

Styela costata (Hartmeyer, 1911) · unaccepted (new combination)

Environment

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

Original description

(of ) Stimpson, W. (1855). Descriptions of some of the new marine Invertebrata from the Chinese and Japanese seas. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences, Philadelphia. 7(10): 375–384., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/26299600 [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 angularis (Stimpson, 1855). 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=215876 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 angularis (Stimpson, 1855). Accessed at: https://marinespecies.org/afremas/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=215876 on 2026-09-24

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2003-07-24 13:14:45Z

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 (of ) Stimpson, W. (1855). Descriptions of some of the new marine Invertebrata from the Chinese and Japanese seas. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences, Philadelphia. 7(10): 375–384., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/26299600 [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 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 van der Land, J. (ed). (2008). UNESCO-IOC Register of Marine Organisms (URMO). , available online at http://www.marinespecies.org/urmo/ [details]

Present

Inaccurate

Introduced: alien

Containing type locality

Definitions

To Barcode of Life (from synonym Styela costata (Hartmeyer, 1911))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (6 publications) (from synonym Styela costata (Hartmeyer, 1911))