Ascidia

Ascidia
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Ascidiacea
Order: Enterogona
Suborder: Phlebobranchia
Family: Ascidiidae
Genus: Ascidia
Linnaeus, 1767
Synonyms[1]
  • Ascidea Linnaeus, 1767 (spelling variation)
  • Ascidie Linnaeus, 1767 (spelling variation)
  • Ascidiopsis Verrill, 1872
  • Bathyascidia Hartmeyer, 1901
  • Phallusioides Huntsman, 1912
  • Tunica

Ascidia is a genus of tunicates in the family Ascidiidae.[1][2]

Selected species

Diagrammatic section of an Ascidia, representing the three sacs and the branchial sac as the pharynx or throat: (a) branchial orifice; (b) atrial orifice; (c) tunic or test (d) mantle; (e) branchial sac; (f) gullet; (g) stomach; (h) anal orifice; (i) dorsal lamina; the dotted line indicates the endostyle.
  • Ascidia achimotae Millar, 1953
  • Ascidia adamanensis Oka, 1915
  • Ascidia ahodori Oka, 1927
  • Ascidia alisea Monniot & Monniot, 2006
  • Ascidia alpha Tokioka, 1953
  • Ascidia alterna Monniot & Monniot, 1991
  • Ascidia archaia Sluiter, 1890
  • Ascidia arenosa Hartmeyer, 1898
  • Ascidia armata Hartmeyer, 1906
  • Ascidia aspera Brunetti, 2007
  • Ascidia austera Sluiter, 1904
  • Ascidia aximensis Millar, 1953
  • Ascidia azurea Monniot & Monniot, 1996
  • Ascidia bathybia Hartmeyer, 1922
  • Ascidia bifissa Sluiter, 1895
  • Ascidia bocatorensis Bonnet & Rocha, 2011[2]
  • Ascidia caguayensis Millar & Goodbody, 1974
  • Ascidia callosa Stimpson, 1852
  • Ascidia canaliculata Heller, 1878
  • Ascidia cannelata Oken, 1820
  • Ascidia capillata Sluiter, 1887
  • Ascidia caudata Heller, 1878
  • Ascidia celtica C. Monniot, 1969
  • Ascidia ceratodes (Huntsman, 1912)
  • Ascidia challengeri Herdman, 1882
  • Ascidia citrina Nishikawa & Tokioka, 1975
  • Ascidia clementea Ritter, 1907
  • Ascidia collini Bonnet & Rocha, 2011[2]
  • Ascidia columbiana (Huntsman, 1912)
  • Ascidia conchilega Muller, 1776
  • Ascidia conifera (Hartmeyer, 1911)
  • Ascidia corallicola Bonnet & Rocha, 2011[2]
  • Ascidia correi C. Monniot, 1970
  • Ascidia curvata (Traustedt, 1882)
  • Ascidia decepta Kott, 1985
  • Ascidia depressiuscula Heller, 1878
  • Ascidia despecta Herdman, 1880
  • Ascidia dijmphniana Templeton, 1834
  • Ascidia dorsata Meenakshi & Renganathan, 1999
  • Ascidia empheres Sluiter, 1895
  • Ascidia escabanae Monniot, 1998
  • Ascidia fictile Monniot, 1997
  • Ascidia fistulosa Monniot & Monniot, 1967
  • Ascidia formella Monniot, 1998
  • Ascidia fusca Monniot & Monniot, 1989
  • Ascidia gamma Tokioka, 1954
  • Ascidia gemmata Sluiter, 1895
  • Ascidia glabra Hartmeyer, 1922
  • Ascidia hyalina Oka, 1915
  • Ascidia iberica C. Monniot & F. Monniot, 1988
  • Ascidia incrassata Heller, 1878
  • Ascidia interrupta Heller, 1978
  • Ascidia involuta Heller, 1875
  • Ascidia irregularis Oka, 1915
  • Ascidia kreagra Sluiter, 1895
  • Ascidia krechi Michaelsen, 1904
  • Ascidia kuneides Sluiter, 1887
  • Ascidia lagena Michaelsen, 1922
  • Ascidia latesiphonica Hartmeyer, 1922
  • Ascidia liberata Sluiter, 1887
  • Ascidia limpida Sluiter, 1904
  • Ascidia longistriata Hartmeyer, 1906
  • Ascidia macropapilla Millar, 1982
  • Ascidia malaca (Traustedt, 1883)
  • Ascidia matoya Tokioka, 1949
  • Ascidia mediterranea Pérès, 1959
  • Ascidia melanostoma Sluiter, 1885
  • Ascidia mentula Müller, 1776
  • Ascidia meridionalis Herdman, 1880
  • Ascidia molguloides C. Monniot, 1975
  • Ascidia monnioti Bonnet & Rocha, 2011[2]
  • Ascidia multitentaculata (Hartmeyer, 1912)
  • Ascidia munda Sluiter, 1897
  • Ascidia muricata Heller, 1874
  • Ascidia nerea Kott, 1985
  • Ascidia nordestina Bonnet & Rocha, 2011
  • Ascidia nuda Nishikawa, 1986
  • Ascidia obliqua Alder, 1863
  • Ascidia obocki Sluiter, 1905
  • Ascidia occidentalis Kott, 1985
  • Ascidia ornata Monniot & Monniot, 2001
  • Ascidia pacifica Tokioka, 1967
  • Ascidia panamensis Bonnet & Rocha, 2011[2]
  • Ascidia papillata Bonnet & Rocha, 2011
  • Ascidia papillosa Tokioka, 1967
  • Ascidia parasamea Kott, 1985
  • Ascidia paratropa (Huntsman, 1912)
  • Ascidia perfluxa Sluiter, 1904
  • Ascidia placenta Herdman, 1880
  • Ascidia polytrema Herdman, 1906
  • Ascidia prolata Kott, 1985
  • Ascidia prona Monniot & Monniot, 1994
  • Ascidia prunum Müller, 1776
  • Ascidia pygmaea Michaelsen, 1918
  • Ascidia retinens Monniot, 1984
  • Ascidia retrosipho Millar, 1988
  • Ascidia saccula Kott, 2006
  • Ascidia sagamiana Tokioka, 1953
  • Ascidia salvatoris (Traustedt, 1885)
  • Ascidia samea Oka, 1935
  • Ascidia santosi Millar, 1958
  • Ascidia savignyi Hartmeyer, 1915
  • Ascidia scaevola (Sluiter, 1904)
  • Ascidia scalariforme Bonnet & Rocha, 2011
  • Ascidia spinosa Sluiter, 1904
  • Ascidia stenodes Millar, 1962
  • Ascidia stewartensis Millar, 1982
  • Ascidia subterranea Kneer et al., 2013[3]
  • Ascidia sulca Monniot, 1991
  • Ascidia sydneiensis Stimpson, 1855
  • Ascidia tapuni Monniot & Monniot, 1987
  • Ascidia tenera Herdman, 1880
  • Ascidia tenue Monniot, 1983
  • Ascidia thompsoni Kott, 1952
  • Ascidia translucida Sluiter, 1890
  • Ascidia tricuspis Sluiter, 1904
  • Ascidia tritonis Herdman, 1883
  • Ascidia trunca Brunetti, 2007
  • Ascidia unalaskensis (Ritter, 1913)
  • Ascidia urnalia Monniot, 1994
  • Ascidia vermiformis (Ritter, 1913)
  • Ascidia virginea Müller, 1776
  • Ascidia willeyi Oka, 1915
  • Ascidia xamaycana Millar & Goodbody, 1974
  • Ascidia zara Oka, 1935
  • Ascidia zyogasima Tokioka, 1962

References

  1. 1 2 Karen Sanamyan & Claude Monniot (2013). Noa Shenkar, Arjan Gittenberger, Gretchen Lambert, Marc Rius, Rosana Moreira Da Rocha, Billie J Swalla & Xavier Turon, ed. "Ascidia Linnaeus, 1767". Ascidiacea World Database. World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved February 25, 2012.
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 6 N. Y. K. Bonnet & R. M. Rocha (2011). "The family Ascidiidae Herdman (Tunicata: Ascidiacea) in Bocas del Toro Panama. Description of six new species". Zootaxa 2864: 1–33.
  3. Dominik Kneer, Françoise Monniot, Thomas Stach, Marjolijn J,. A. Christianen (2013). "Ascidia subterranea sp. nov. (Phlebobranchia: Ascidiidae), a new tunicate belonging to the A. sydneiensis Stimpson, 1855 group, found as burrow associate of Axiopsis serratifrons A. Milne-Edwards, 1873 (Decapoda: Axiidae) on Derawan Island, Indonesia". Zootaxa 3616 (5): 485–494. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.3616.5.5.

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