Superregnum: Eukaryota
Cladus: Unikonta
Cladus: Opisthokonta
Cladus: Holozoa
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Superphylum: Deuterostomia
Phylum: Chordata
Subphylum: Tunicata
Classis: Ascidiacea
Ordo: Phlebobranchia
Familia: Ascidiidae
Genus: Ascidia
Species (127): A. achimotae – A. ahodori – A. alisea – A. alpha – A. alterna – A. andamanensis – A. archaia – A. arenosa – A. armata – A. aspera – A. austera – A. aximensis – A. azurea – A. bathybia – A. bifissa – A. bocatorensis – A. callosa – A. canaliculata – A. cannelata – A. capillata – A. caudata – A. celtica – A. ceratodes – A. challengeri – A. citrina – A. clementea – A. colleta – A. collini – A. columbiana – A. conchilega – A. conifera – A. corallicola – A. correi – A. curvata – A. decepta – A. depressiuscula – A. despecta – A. dijmphniana – A. dorsata – A. empheres – A. escabanae – A. fictile – A. fistulosa – A. formella – A. fusca – A. gamma – A. gemmata – A. glabra – A. hyalina – A. iberica – A. incrassata – A. interrupta – A. involuta – A. irregularis – A. kreagra – A. krechi – A. kuneides – A. lagena – A. lambertae – A. latesiphonica – A. liberata – A. limpida – A. longistriata – A. macropapilla – A. malaca – A. matoya – A. mediterranea – A. melanostoma – A. mentula – A. meridionalis – A. molguloides – A. monnioti – A. multitentaculata – A. munda – A. muricata – A. nerea – A. nordestina – A. nuda – A. obliqua – A. obocki – A. occidentalis – A. ornata – A. pacifica – A. panamensis – A. papillata – A. papillosa – A. parasamea – A. paratropa – A. paulayi – A. perfluxa – A. placenta – A. polytrema – A. prolata – A. prona – A. prunum – A. pygmaea – A. retinens – A. retrosipho – A. saccula – A. sagamiana – A. salvatoris – A. samea – A. santosi – A. savignyi – A. scaevola – A. scalariforme – A. spinosa – A. stenodes – A. stewartensis – A. sulca – A. sydneiensis – A. tapuni – A. tenue – A. thompsoni – A. translucida – A. tricuspis – A. tritonis – A. trunca – A. unalaskensis – A. urnalia – A. vermiformis – A. virginea – A. viridina – A. willeyi – A. xamaycana – A. zara – A. zyogasima
Name
Ascidia Linnaeus, 1767
References
Primary references
Linnaeus, C. 1767. Systema naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. Editio duodecima, reformata. Tomus 1 (Regnum Animale), Pars 2: 533–1327. Holmiæ [Stockholm]. Impensis Direct Laurentii Salvii. Biblioteca Digital BHL Reference page.
Additional references
Herdman, W.A. 1880. Preliminary Report on the Tunicata of the “Challenger” Expedition. Proceedings of the Royal Society of Edinburgh 10(105): 458–472. BHL Reference page.
Herdman, W.A. 1880. Preliminary Report on the Tunicata of the “Challenger” Expedition. Part II. Proceedings of the Royal Society of Edinburgh 10(105): 714–726. BHL Reference page.
Herdman, W.A. 1881. 1. Preliminary report on the Tunicata of the "Challenger" Expedition. Part III. Proceedings of the Royal Society of Edinburgh 11(108): 52–88. BHL Reference page.
Herdman, W.A. 1882. Report on the Tunicata collected during the voyage of H.M.S. Challenger during the years 1873-1876. Part I – Ascidiae simplices. Reports of Science Research Voyage of H.M.S. Challenger. Zoology 6(17): 1–296, 23 figs, pls. 1–37. BHL Reference page.
Kneer, D., Monniot, F., Stach, T. & Christianen, M.J.A. 2013. Ascidia subterranea sp. nov. (Phlebobranchia: Ascidiidae), a new tunicate belonging to the A. sydneiensis Stimpson, 1855 group, found as burrow associate of Axiopsis serratifrons A. Milne-Edwards, 1873 (Decapoda: Axiidae) on Derawan Island, Indonesia. Zootaxa 3616(5): 485–494. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3616.5.5 Open access Reference page.
Bonnet, N.Y.K. & Lotufo, T.M.C. 2015. Description of Ascidia paulayi sp. nov. (Phlebobranchia: Ascidiidae) from French Polynesia, with a discussion about the Ascidia sydneiensis Stimpson, 1855 group. Zootaxa 3994(2): 283–291. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3994.2.8 Paywall Reference page.
Ascidia is a genus of tunicates in the family Ascidiidae.[1][2]
Selected species
Diagrammatic section of an Ascidia, representing the three sacs and the branchial sac as the pharynx or throat: (a) branchial orifice; (b) atrial orifice; (c) tunic or test (d) mantle; (e) branchial sac; (f) gullet; (g) stomach; (h) anal orifice; (i) dorsal lamina; the dotted line indicates the endostyle.
Ascidia achimotae Millar, 1953
Ascidia adamanensis Oka, 1915
Ascidia ahodori Oka, 1927
Ascidia alisea Monniot & Monniot, 2006
Ascidia alpha Tokioka, 1953
Ascidia alterna Monniot & Monniot, 1991
Ascidia archaia Sluiter, 1890
Ascidia arenosa Hartmeyer, 1898
Ascidia armata Hartmeyer, 1906
Ascidia aspera Brunetti, 2007
Ascidia austera Sluiter, 1904
Ascidia aximensis Millar, 1953
Ascidia azurea Monniot & Monniot, 1996
Ascidia bathybia Hartmeyer, 1922
Ascidia bifissa Sluiter, 1895
Ascidia bocatorensis Bonnet & Rocha, 2011[2]
Ascidia caguayensis Millar & Goodbody, 1974
Ascidia callosa Stimpson, 1852
Ascidia canaliculata Heller, 1878
Ascidia cannelata Oken, 1820
Ascidia capillata Sluiter, 1887
Ascidia caudata Heller, 1878
Ascidia celtica C. Monniot, 1969
Ascidia ceratodes (Huntsman, 1912)
Ascidia challengeri Herdman, 1882
Ascidia citrina Nishikawa & Tokioka, 1975
Ascidia clementea Ritter, 1907
Ascidia collini Bonnet & Rocha, 2011[2]
Ascidia columbiana (Huntsman, 1912)
Ascidia conchilega Muller, 1776
Ascidia conifera (Hartmeyer, 1911)
Ascidia corallicola Bonnet & Rocha, 2011[2]
Ascidia correi C. Monniot, 1970
Ascidia curvata (Traustedt, 1882)
Ascidia decepta Kott, 1985
Ascidia depressiuscula Heller, 1878
Ascidia despecta Herdman, 1880
Ascidia dijmphniana Templeton, 1834
Ascidia dorsata Meenakshi & Renganathan, 1999
Ascidia empheres Sluiter, 1895
Ascidia escabanae Monniot, 1998
Ascidia fictile Monniot, 1997
Ascidia fistulosa Monniot & Monniot, 1967
Ascidia formella Monniot, 1998
Ascidia fusca Monniot & Monniot, 1989
Ascidia gamma Tokioka, 1954
Ascidia gemmata Sluiter, 1895
Ascidia glabra Hartmeyer, 1922
Ascidia hyalina Oka, 1915
Ascidia iberica C. Monniot & F. Monniot, 1988
Ascidia incrassata Heller, 1878
Ascidia interrupta Heller, 1978
Ascidia involuta Heller, 1875
Ascidia irregularis Oka, 1915
Ascidia kreagra Sluiter, 1895
Ascidia krechi Michaelsen, 1904
Ascidia kuneides Sluiter, 1887
Ascidia lagena Michaelsen, 1922
Ascidia latesiphonica Hartmeyer, 1922
Ascidia liberata Sluiter, 1887
Ascidia limpida Sluiter, 1904
Ascidia longistriata Hartmeyer, 1906
Ascidia macropapilla Millar, 1982
Ascidia malaca (Traustedt, 1883)
Ascidia matoya Tokioka, 1949
Ascidia mediterranea Pérès, 1959
Ascidia melanostoma Sluiter, 1885
Ascidia mentula Müller, 1776
Ascidia meridionalis Herdman, 1880
Ascidia molguloides C. Monniot, 1975
Ascidia monnioti Bonnet & Rocha, 2011[2]
Ascidia multitentaculata (Hartmeyer, 1912)
Ascidia munda Sluiter, 1897
Ascidia muricata Heller, 1874
Ascidia nerea Kott, 1985
Ascidia nordestina Bonnet & Rocha, 2011
Ascidia nuda Nishikawa, 1986
Ascidia obliqua Alder, 1863
Ascidia obocki Sluiter, 1905
Ascidia occidentalis Kott, 1985
Ascidia ornata Monniot & Monniot, 2001
Ascidia pacifica Tokioka, 1967
Ascidia panamensis Bonnet & Rocha, 2011[2]
Ascidia papillata Bonnet & Rocha, 2011
Ascidia papillosa Tokioka, 1967
Ascidia parasamea Kott, 1985
Ascidia paratropa (Huntsman, 1912)
Ascidia perfluxa Sluiter, 1904
Ascidia placenta Herdman, 1880
Ascidia polytrema Herdman, 1906
Ascidia prolata Kott, 1985
Ascidia prona Monniot & Monniot, 1994
Ascidia prunum Müller, 1776
Ascidia pygmaea Michaelsen, 1918
Ascidia retinens Monniot, 1984
Ascidia retrosipho Millar, 1988
Ascidia saccula Kott, 2006
Ascidia sagamiana Tokioka, 1953
Ascidia salvatoris (Traustedt, 1885)
Ascidia samea Oka, 1935
Ascidia santosi Millar, 1958
Ascidia savignyi Hartmeyer, 1915
Ascidia scaevola (Sluiter, 1904)
Ascidia scalariforme Bonnet & Rocha, 2011
Ascidia spinosa Sluiter, 1904
Ascidia stenodes Millar, 1962
Ascidia stewartensis Millar, 1982
Ascidia subterranea Kneer et al., 2013[3]
Ascidia sulca Monniot, 1991
Ascidia sydneiensis Stimpson, 1855
Ascidia tapuni Monniot & Monniot, 1987
Ascidia tenera Herdman, 1880
Ascidia tenue Monniot, 1983
Ascidia thompsoni Kott, 1952
Ascidia translucida Sluiter, 1890
Ascidia tricuspis Sluiter, 1904
Ascidia tritonis Herdman, 1883
Ascidia trunca Brunetti, 2007
Ascidia unalaskensis (Ritter, 1913)
Ascidia urnalia Monniot, 1994
Ascidia vermiformis (Ritter, 1913)
Ascidia virginea Müller, 1776
Ascidia willeyi Oka, 1915
Ascidia xamaycana Millar & Goodbody, 1974
Ascidia zara Oka, 1935
Ascidia zyogasima Tokioka, 1962
References
Karen Sanamyan & Claude Monniot (2013). Shenkar N, Gittenberger A, Lambert G, Rius M, Moreira Da Rocha R, Swalla BJ, Turon X (eds.). "Ascidia Linnaeus, 1767". Ascidiacea World Database. World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved February 25, 2012.
N. Y. K. Bonnet & R. M. Rocha (2011). "The family Ascidiidae Herdman (Tunicata: Ascidiacea) in Bocas del Toro Panama. Description of six new species". Zootaxa. 2864: 1–33. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.2864.1.1.
Dominik Kneer; Françoise Monniot; Thomas Stach; Marjolijn J; . A. Christianen (2013). "Ascidia subterranea sp. nov. (Phlebobranchia: Ascidiidae), a new tunicate belonging to the A. sydneiensis Stimpson, 1855 group, found as burrow associate of Axiopsis serratifrons A. Milne-Edwards, 1873 (Decapoda: Axiidae) on Derawan Island, Indonesia" (PDF). Zootaxa. 3616 (5): 485–494. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.3616.5.5.
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