Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Subkingdom Eumetazoa > Phylum Chordata > Subphylum Tunicata > Class Ascidiacea > Order Phlebobranchia > Family Perophoridae > Genus Perophora

Perophora japonica Oka, 1927

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Perophora*	Wiegmann, 1835	accepted genus name

Vernaculars (+) (-)

English: colonial sea squirt sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Japanese: マメボヤ

Literature

original description	Oka, A. (1927). Uber eine Perophora aus Japan. Proc. Imp. Acad. 2(8): 588-560.
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	van der Land, J. (ed). (2008). UNESCO-IOC Register of Marine Organisms (URMO).
additional source	Nishikawa, T. (1991). The ascidians of the Japan Sea 2. Publ. Seto Mar. Biol. Lab. 35(1/3): 25-170.
additional source	Streftaris, N., A. Zenetos & E. Papathanassiou. (2005). Globalisation in marine ecosystems: the story of non-indigenous marine species across European seas. Oceanogry and Marine Biology: an Annual Review. 43: 419-453.

Genbank

External Links

Marine Life Information Network - UK

Citation

Shenkar, N.; Gittenberger, A.; Lambert, G.; Rius, M.; Moreira da Rocha, R.; Swalla, B.J.; Turon, X. (2025). Ascidiacea World Database. Perophora japonica Oka, 1927. 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:103758