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

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

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

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

Swedish: tvålbit

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	Dyntaxa (2013) Swedish Taxonomic Database. Accessed at www.dyntaxa.se [15-01-2013].
additional source	UNESCO-IOC Register of Marine Organisms
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. Oslo: Scandinavia University Books. 123 pp.

Genbank

Taxonomy

WoRMS

External Links

Biodiversity Heritage Library (77 publications)
USNM Invertebrate Zoology Chordata Collection
GBIF

Citation

Sanamyan, K. (2014). Ascidia virginea Müller, 1776. In: Shenkar, N.; Gittenberger, A.; Lambert, G.; Rius, M.; Moreira Da Rocha, R.; Swalla, B.J.; Turon, X. (2014) Ascidiacea World Database. In: Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvantidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2014) European Register of Marine Species, accessed through PESI at http://www.eu-nomen.eu/portal/taxon.php?GUID=urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:103717