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

Styela rustica Linnaeus, 1767

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Styela*	Fleming, 1822	accepted genus name

Species group names

*Polycarpa rustica*	(Linnaeus, 1767)	synonym; comb. ined.

Vernaculars (+) (-)

Bokmål (Norwegian): tornsekkdyr sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Danish: hornet søpung sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Norwegian: tornsekkdyr sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Norwegian Bokmål: tornsekkdyr sources: Syst. Nat. Ed. 12: 1087

Norwegian Nynorsk: tornsekkdyr sources: Syst. Nat. Ed. 12: 1087

Nynorsk (Norwegian): tornsekkdyr sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Swedish: taggsjöpung

Literature

original description	Linnaeus, C. (1767). Systema naturae sive regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. Laurentii Salvii, Holmiae. 12th ed. v. 1 (pt 2): 533-1327
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	Brunel, P., Bosse, L. & Lamarche, G. (1998). Catalogue of the marine invertebrates of the estuary and Gulf of St. Lawrence. Canadian Special Publication of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences, 126. 405 p.
additional source	Van Name, W.G. (1945) The North and South American ascidians Bull. Amer. Mus. Nat. Hist., 84: 1-476.
additional source	Dyntaxa (2013) Swedish Taxonomic Database. Accessed at www.dyntaxa.se [15-01-2013].
additional source	UNESCO-IOC Register of Marine Organisms