Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Subkingdom Eumetazoa > Phylum Chordata > Subphylum Tunicata > Class Ascidiacea > Order Aplousobranchia > Family Didemnidae > Genus Polysyncraton

Polysyncraton amethysteum Van Name, 1902

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Polysyncraton*	Nott, 1892	accepted genus name

Literature

original description	Van Name, W. G. (1902). The ascidians of the Bermuda Islands. Trans. Connecticut Acad. Sci. 11: 325-412.
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.
additional source	Cole, L. and G. Lambert. 2009. Tunicata (Urochordata) of the Gulf of Mexico, Pp. 1209–1216 in Felder, D.L. and D.K. Camp (eds.), Gulf of Mexico–Origins, Waters, and Biota. Biodiversity. Texas A&M Press, College Station, Texas.
additional source	Rocha, R. M.; Moreno, T. R. (2000). Ascidians associated with Eudistoma carolinense van Name, 1945. With description of a new species of Polycarpa. Ophelia. 52(1): 9-16.
additional source	Millar, R. H. (1977). Ascidians (Tunicata: Ascidiacea) from the northen and northen-eastern brasilian shelf. J. nat. Hist. 11(2): 169-223.
additional source	van der Land, J. (ed). (2008). UNESCO-IOC Register of Marine Organisms (URMO).
additional source	Rocha, R. M.; Bonnet, N. Y. K. (2009). Ascídias (Tunicata, Ascidiacea) introduzidas no Arquipélago de Alcatrazes, São Paulo. Iheringia, Sér. Zool. 99(1):27-35.
additional source	Oliveira, L. M.; Hoeksema, B. W.; Rocha, R. M. (2019). Polysyncraton (Ascidiacea, Didemnidae): a re-examination of some specimens and descriptions of three new species. European Journal of Taxonomy. 519:1-25.
additional source	Monniot, F. (2016). Ascidians (Tunicata) of the French Guiana Expedition. Zootaxa. 4114(3): 201-245.

Genbank

Citation

Shenkar, N.; Gittenberger, A.; Lambert, G.; Rius, M.; Moreira da Rocha, R.; Swalla, B.J.; Turon, X. (2025). Ascidiacea World Database. Polysyncraton amethysteum Van Name, 1902. 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:103588