Ascidia obliqua

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Phlebobranchia
Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Subphylum: Tunicata Classis: Ascidiacea Ordo: Phlebobranchia

Familia: Ascidiidae
Genus: Ascidia
Species: Ascidia obliqua

Name

Ascidia obliqua Alder, 1863: 154

• Syntypes (n=3): BMNH 1898.5.7.273, 1898.5.7.274 and 1898.5.7.275.
• Type locality: “40 to 50 fathoms water, off the Outer Haaf, Shetland”.

Synonyms

• Ascidia falcigera Herdman, 1880: 469
  • Syntypes (n=8): BMNH 1887.2.4.160-167, collected by Challenger Expedition on 20 May 1873.
  • Type locality: “Station 49 (South of Nova Scotia), 83 fathoms”.

References

Primary references

• Alder, J. 1863. Observations on the British Tunicata with descriptions of several new species. Annals and Magazine of Natural History. Series 3 11: 153–173. BHL
• Herdman, W.A. 1880. Preliminary Report on the Tunicata of the “Challenger” Expedition. Proceedings of the Royal Society of Edinburgh 10(105): 458–472. BHL Reference page.