Marine Species Traits - Ciona fascicularis Hancock, 1870

Traits taxon details

Ciona fascicularis Hancock, 1870

AphiaID

103729 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:103729)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Species

Parent

Ciona Fleming, 1822

Original name

Ciona fascicularis Hancock, 1870

Environment

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

Original description

Hancock, A. (1870). On the larval state of Molgula; with descriptions of several new species of simple ascidians. Ann. Mag. nat. Hist. (4) 6: 353-368. [details]

Taxonomic citation

Shenkar, N.; Gittenberger, A.; Lambert, G.; Rius, M.; Moreira da Rocha, R.; Swalla, B.J.; Turon, X. (2025). Ascidiacea World Database. Ciona fascicularis Hancock, 1870. Accessed through: Marine Species Traits editorial board (2025) Marine Species Traits at: https://www.marinespecies.org/traits/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=103729 on 2026-08-19

Thematic species database citation

Marine Species Traits editorial board (2026). Marine Species Traits. Ciona fascicularis Hancock, 1870. Accessed at: https://marinespecies.org/traits/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=103729 on 2026-08-19

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2004-12-21 15:54:05Z

created

Monniot, Claude

2007-12-05 14:57:18Z

changed

Sanamyan, Karen

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original description Hancock, A. (1870). On the larval state of Molgula; with descriptions of several new species of simple ascidians. Ann. Mag. nat. Hist. (4) 6: 353-368. [details]

basis of record Monniot, C. (2001). Ascidiacea & Sorberacea. In: Costello, M.J. et al. (Ed.) (2001). European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels. 50: pp. 352-355. (look up in IMIS) [details]

additional source van der Land, J. (ed). (2008). UNESCO-IOC Register of Marine Organisms (URMO). , available online at http://www.marinespecies.org/urmo/ [details]

Definitions

To Biodiversity Heritage Library (13 publications)
To PESI