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

Styela gelatinosa (Traustedt, 1886)

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Styela*	Fleming, 1822	accepted genus name
*Botryorchis*	Huntsman, 1911	synonym

Vernaculars (+) (-)

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

Swedish: slemknopp

Literature

original description	Traustedt, M. P. A. (1886). Kara Havets Spunge (Ascidiae Simplices). Dijmphna Togtets zool.-bot. Udbytte, Kopenhagen. 419-437.
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	Van Name, W. G. (1945). The North and South American ascidians. Bull. Amer. Mus. Nat. Hist. 84: 1-476.

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. Styela gelatinosa (Traustedt, 1886). 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:103932