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

Styela canopus (Savigny, 1816)

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Original genus

Cynthia Fabricius, 1807

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

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

Species group names

*Styela partita*	(Stimpson, 1852)	synonym; comb. ined.

Vernaculars (+) (-)

Japanese: フタスジボヤ

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.
basis of record	Monniot, C. (2002). Stolidobranch ascidians from the tropical western Indian Ocean. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society. 135: 65-120.
basis of record	Monniot, C.; Monniot, F. (1987). Les ascidies de Polynesie francaise. Mem. mus. nat. hist natur, A. 136: 1-155.
additional source	Monniot, F. (2018). Ascidians collected during the Madibenthos expedition in Martinique: 2. Stolidobranchia, Styelidae. Zootaxa. 4410(2): 291-318.
additional source	Kott, P. (1985). The Australian Ascidiacea part 1, Phlebobranchia and Stolidobranchia. Mem Qd Mus. 23: 1-440.
additional source	Liu, J.Y. [Ruiyu] (ed.). (2008). Checklist of marine biota of China seas. China Science Press. 1267 pp.
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	Rocha, R. M.; Bonnet, N. Y. K; Baptista, M. S.; Beltramin, F. S. (2012). Introduced and native Phlebobranch and Stolidobranch solitary ascidians (Tunicata: Ascidiacea) around Salvador, Bahia, Brazil. Zoologia. 29(1):39-53.
additional source	Brine, O.; Hunt, L.; Costello, M. J. (2013). Marine biofouling on recreational boats on swing moorings and berths. Management of Biological Invasions. 4(4): 327-341.
additional source	Millar, R. H. (1975). Ascidians from the Indo-West-Pacific region in the zoological museum, Copenhagen (Tunicata, Ascidiacea). Steenstrupia. 3(20): 205-336.
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	van der Land, J. (ed). (2008). UNESCO-IOC Register of Marine Organisms (URMO).
additional source	Barros, R. C.; Rocha, R. M. (2021). Genetic analyses reveal cryptic diversity in the widely distributed Styela canopus (Ascidiacea:Styelidae). Invertebrate Systematics. 35, 298–311.
source of synonymy	Millar, R. H. (1953). On the collection of ascidians from the Gold Coast. Proc. Zool. oc. London. 123(2): 277-325.

Genbank

Citation

Shenkar, N.; Gittenberger, A.; Lambert, G.; Rius, M.; Moreira da Rocha, R.; Swalla, B.J.; Turon, X. (2025). Ascidiacea World Database. Styela canopus (Savigny, 1816). 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:103926