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

Ascidia prunum Müller, 1776

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Ascidia*	Linnaeus, 1767	accepted genus name

Vernaculars (+) (-)

Swedish: plommonsjöpung

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	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	Trott, T.J. 2004. Cobscook Bay inventory: a historical checklist of marine invertebrates spanning 162 years. Northeastern Naturalist (Special Issue 2): 261 - 324.
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	ITIS database
additional source	Van Name, W.G. (1945) The North and South American ascidians Bull. Amer. Mus. Nat. Hist., 84: 1-476.

Genbank

Taxonomy

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External Links

Biodiversity Heritage Library (67 publications)
USNM Invertebrate Zoology Chordata Collection
GBIF

Citation

Sanamyan, K. (2014). Ascidia prunum 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:103714