Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Phylum Chordata > Subphylum Tunicata > Class Ascidiacea > Order Phlebobranchia > Family Ascidiidae > Genus Ascidia

Ascidia virginea Müller, 1776

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Ascidia*	Linnaeus, 1767	accepted genus name

Vernaculars (+) (-)

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

French: ascidie rectangulaire sources: Muller, Y. (2004). Faune et flore du littoral du Nord, du Pas-de-Calais et de la Belgique: inventaire. [Coastal fauna and flora of the Nord, Pas-de-Calais and Belgium: inventory]. Commission Régionale de Biologie Région Nord Pas-de-Calais: France. 307 pp.

Norwegian Bokmål: lillasekkdyr sources: Zool. Dan. Prodr.: 225

Norwegian Nynorsk: lillasekkdyr sources: Zool. Dan. Prodr.: 225

Nynorsk (Norwegian): lillasekkdyr

Literature

original description	Mueller, O.F. (1776) Zoologiae Danicae Prodromus. Copenhagen: 244-226
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	Costello, M.J.; Emblow, C.; White, R. (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. Muséum national d'Histoire Naturelle: Paris, France. ISBN 2-85653-538-0. 463 pp.
additional source	Muller, Y. (2004). Faune et flore du littoral du Nord, du Pas-de-Calais et de la Belgique: inventaire. [Coastal fauna and flora of the Nord, Pas-de-Calais and Belgium: inventory]. Commission Régionale de Biologie Région Nord Pas-de-Calais: France. 307 pp.
additional source	Millar, R.H. (1966) Tunicata. Ascidiacea Marine invertebrates of Scandinavia. 1.
additional source	UNESCO-IOC Register of Marine Organisms

Genbank

External Links

Link To GBIF

Citation

Sanamyan, K.; Monniot, C. (2011). Ascidia virginea. In: Noa Shenkar, Arjan Gittenberger, Gretchen Lambert, Marc Rius, Rosana Moreira Da Rocha, Billie J Swalla (2010) Ascidiacea World Database. In: Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvantidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2012) European Register of Marine Species, accessed through PESI at http://www.eu-nomen.eu/portal/taxon.php?GUID=urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:103717