Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Phylum Chordata > Subphylum Tunicata > Class Ascidiacea > Order Aplousobranchia > Family Polyclinidae > Genus Synoicum

Synoicum pulmonaria (Ellis & Solander, 1786)

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Synoicum*	Phipps, 1774	accepted genus name

Vernaculars (+) (-)

English: tennis ball ascidian sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

English-United States: Tennis Ball Ascidian sources: Charles Hussey

Swedish: havsfikon

Literature

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	Brunel, P., Bosse, L. & Lamarche, G. (1998). Catalogue of the marine invertebrates of the estuary and Gulf of St. Lawrence. Canadian Special Publication of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences, 126. 405 p.
additional source	Hayward, P.J.; Ryland, J.S. (Ed.) (1990). The marine fauna of the British Isles and North-West Europe: 1. Introduction and protozoans to arthropods. Clarendon Press: Oxford, UK. ISBN 0-19-857356-1. 627 pp.
additional source	ITIS database
additional source	Van Name, W.G. (1945) The North and South American ascidians Bull. Amer. Mus. Nat. Hist., 84: 1-476.
additional source	Dyntaxa (2013) Swedish Taxonomic Database. Accessed at www.dyntaxa.se [15-01-2013].
additional source	UNESCO-IOC Register of Marine Organisms

Genbank

Taxonomy

WoRMS

External Links

USNM Invertebrate Zoology Chordata Collection
Biodiversity Heritage Library (8 publications)
GBIF

Citation

Sanamyan, K. (2014). Synoicum pulmonaria (Ellis & Solander, 1786). In: Shenkar, N.; Gittenberger, A.; Lambert, G.; Rius, M.; Moreira Da Rocha, R.; Swalla, B.J.; Turon, X. (2014) Ascidiacea World Database. In: Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvantidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2014) European Register of Marine Species, accessed through PESI at http://www.eu-nomen.eu/portal/taxon.php?GUID=urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:103692