Ascidia virginea
creator: Monniot, Claude
creator: Sanamyan, Karen
date: 2026-08-29
language: en
license: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
publisher: World Register of Marine Species (WoRMS)
relation: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php
subject: Ascidia virginea Müller, 1776
type: ScientificName
bibliographic citation: Shenkar, N.; Gittenberger, A.; Lambert, G.; Rius, M.; Moreira da Rocha, R.; Swalla, B.J.; Turon, X. (2026). Ascidiacea World Database. Ascidia virginea Müller, 1776. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=103717 on 2026-08-29
created: 2004-12-21T16:54:05Z
modified: 2007-12-05T13:32:01Z
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rights holder: WoRMS Editorial Board
scientific name: Ascidia virginea Müller, 1776
class: Ascidiacea
family: Ascidiidae
genus: Ascidia
kingdom: Animalia
name published in: Müller, O.F. (1776). Zoologiae Danicae Prodromus, seu Animalium Daniae et Norvegiae Indigenarum characters, nomina, et synonyma imprimis popularium. [Prodromus of Danish Zoology, or the characters, names, and synonyms of the indigenous animals of Denmark and Norway, especially of the popular ones.]. Typis Hallageriis, Havniae. 32: 1-282.
name published in: Herdman, W. A. (1881). Notes on the British Tunicata with descriptions of new species. Proc. Linn. Soc. London. 15: 274-290.
name published in year: 1776
name published in year: 1881
order: Phlebobranchia
parent name usage ID: 103483
phylum: Chordata
scientific name authorship: Müller, 1776
specific epithet: virginea
taxon rank: Species
taxonomic status: accepted