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

Polycarpa mamillaris (Pallas, 1774)

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Polycarpa*	Heller, 1877	accepted genus name
*Glandula*	Stimpson, 1852	synonym

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	van der Land, J. (ed). (2008). UNESCO-IOC Register of Marine Organisms (URMO).
additional source	Sneli, J.-A.; Gulliksen, B. (1975). Ascidia singularis Gunnerus, 1770, and Distomus mamillaris Pallas, 1774: proposed suppression; Polycarpa Heller, 1877 (Tunicata, Ascidiacea) proposed type-species designation under the plenary powers Z.N.(S.) 2088. Bulletin of Zoological Nomenclature. 32 (3): 158-160.
additional source	Vazquez, E.; Ramos-Elspa, A. A.; Turon, X. (1995). The genus Polycarpa (Ascidiacea, Styelidae) on the Atlantic and Mediterranean coasts of the Iberian Peninsula. J. Zool., Lond. 237: 593-614.

Genbank

Citation

Shenkar, N.; Gittenberger, A.; Lambert, G.; Rius, M.; Moreira da Rocha, R.; Swalla, B.J.; Turon, X. (2025). Ascidiacea World Database. Polycarpa mamillaris (Pallas, 1774). 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:103906