Nomenclature
original description
Herdman, W. A. (1880). Preliminary report on the Tunicata of the Challenger expedition. Ascidiidae. <em>Proc. R. Soc. Edinburgh.</em> 10(1): 458-472. [details]
Other
context source (Deepsea)
Natural History Museum, London (NHM): Collections Management Database System. [details]
additional source
Monniot, C.; Monniot, F. (1983). Ascidies antarctiques et subantarctiques: morphologie et biogéographie. <em>Mémoires du Museum national d'Histoire naturelle.</em> 125, A, 1-168.
page(s): 62 [details] Available for editors
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additional source
Herdman, W. A. (1882). Report on the Tunicata collected during the voyage of H.M.S. Challenger during the years 1873-1876. Part 1, Ascidiae simplices. <em>Report on the Scientific Results of the Voyage of H.M.S. Challenger during the years 1873–76. Zoology.</em> 6 (part 17): 1-296, pl. 1-37., available online at http://www.19thcenturyscience.org/HMSC/HMSC-Reports/Zool-17/README.htm [details]
From editor or global species database
Genetic nomenclature abbreviation Astene [details]