Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Phylum Chordata > Subphylum Tunicata > Class Ascidiacea > Order Aplousobranchia > Family Diazonidae > Genus Diazona

Diazona violacea Savigny, 1816

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Diazona*	Savigny, 1816	accepted genus name

Vernaculars (+) (-)

English: football ascidian sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

English-United States: Football Ascidian

Literature

original description	Savigny, J.C. (1816) Memoires sur les animaux sans vertebres. Paris., 2, 1-239.
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	Hayward, P.J.; Ryland, J.S. (Ed.) (1990). The marine fauna of the British Isles and North-West Europe: 1. Introduction and protozoans to arthropods. Clarendon Press: Oxford, UK. ISBN 0-19-857356-1. 627 pp.
additional source	Millar, R.H. (1970). British ascidians, Tunicata: Ascidiacea: keys and notes for the identification of the species. Synopses of the British fauna (New Series), 1. Academic Press: London. ISBN 12-496650-0. 92 pp.
additional source	UNESCO-IOC Register of Marine Organisms

Genbank

Taxonomy

WoRMS

External Links

USNM Invertebrate Zoology Chordata Collection
Marine Life Information Network - UK
Biodiversity Heritage Library (124 publications)
GBIF

Citation

Sanamyan, K. (2014). Diazona violacea Savigny, 1816. 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:103733