Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Subkingdom Eumetazoa > Phylum Chordata > Subphylum Tunicata > Class Ascidiacea > Order Stolidobranchia > Family Styelidae > Genus Asterocarpa

Asterocarpa humilis (Heller, 1878)

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Original genus

Styela Fleming, 1822

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Asterocarpa*	Brewin, 1946	accepted genus name

Literature

basis of record	Kott, P. (1992). The Australian Ascidiacea, supplement 2. Mem. Qd Mus. 32(2): 621-655.
additional source	Kott, P.; Bradford-Grieve, J.; Esnal, G.; Murdoch, R.C. (2009). Phylum Tunicata: sea squirts, salps, appendicularians, in: Gordon, D.P. (Ed.) (2009). New Zealand inventory of biodiversity: 1. Kingdom Animalia: Radiata, Lophotrochozoa, Deuterostomia. pp. 409-430.
additional source	van der Land, J. (ed). (2008). UNESCO-IOC Register of Marine Organisms (URMO).
source of synonymy	Taverna, A.; De Aranzamendi, M. C.; Maggioni, T.; Alurralde, G.; Turon, X.; Tatián, M. (2021). Morphology, genetics, and historical records support the synonymy of two ascidian species and suggest their spread throughout areas of the Southern Hemisphere. Invertebrate Systematics. 35: 675–687.

Genbank

Citation

Shenkar, N.; Gittenberger, A.; Lambert, G.; Rius, M.; Moreira da Rocha, R.; Swalla, B.J.; Turon, X. (2025). Ascidiacea World Database. Asterocarpa humilis (Heller, 1878). Via: Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvantidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2011) European Register of Marine Species, Accessed through PESI at http://www.eu-nomen.eu/portal/taxon.php?GUID=urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:250047