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

Styela sigma Hartmeyer, 1912

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Original genus

Botryorchis Huntsman, 1911

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

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

Species group names

*Styela atlantica*	(Van Name, 1912)	synonym

Literature

original description	Hartmeyer, R. (1906). Ein Beitrag zur Kenntnis der japanischen Ascidienfauna. Zool. Anz. 31: 1-30.
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	Sanamyan, K. (2000). Ascidians from the North-Western Pacific region 7. Styelidae. Ophelia. 53(1): 67-78.

Genbank

Citation

Shenkar, N.; Gittenberger, A.; Lambert, G.; Rius, M.; Moreira da Rocha, R.; Swalla, B.J.; Turon, X. (2025). Ascidiacea World Database. Styela sigma Hartmeyer, 1912. 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:103938