African Register of Marine Species (AfReMaS) - Stomozoa gigantea (Van Name, 1921)

AfReMaS taxon details

Stomozoa gigantea (Van Name, 1921)

AphiaID

488025 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:488025)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Species

Parent

Stomozoa Kott, 1957

Original name

Clavelina gigantea Van Name, 1921

Environment

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

Original description

(of ) Van Name, W. G. (1921). Ascidians of the West Indian region and southeastern United States. <em>Bull. Amer. Mus. Nat. Hist.</em> 44: 283-494., available online at http://digitallibrary.amnh.org/dspace/handle/2246/1003 [details]

Taxonomic citation

Shenkar, N.; Gittenberger, A.; Lambert, G.; Rius, M.; Moreira da Rocha, R.; Swalla, B.J.; Turon, X. (2025). Ascidiacea World Database. Stomozoa gigantea (Van Name, 1921). 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://marinespecies.org/afremas/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=488025 on 2026-09-19

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. Stomozoa gigantea (Van Name, 1921). Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/afremas/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=488025 on 2026-09-19

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2010-07-01 23:07:21Z

created

Gittenberger, Arjan

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original description (of ) Van Name, W. G. (1921). Ascidians of the West Indian region and southeastern United States. <em>Bull. Amer. Mus. Nat. Hist.</em> 44: 283-494., available online at http://digitallibrary.amnh.org/dspace/handle/2246/1003 [details]

Present

Inaccurate

Introduced: alien

Containing type locality

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