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

Perophora japonica Oka, 1927

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Perophora*	Wiegmann, 1835	accepted genus name

Vernaculars (+) (-)

English: colonial sea squirt sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

English-United States: Colonial Sea Squirt

Literature

original description	Oka, A. (1927) Ueber eine Perophora aus Japan Proc. Imp. Acad., 2(8): 588-560.
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	Nishikawa, T. (1991) The ascidians of the Japan Sea 2 Publ. Seto Mar. Biol. Lab., 35(1/3): 25-170.
additional source	UNESCO-IOC Register of Marine Organisms
additional source	Streftaris, N.; Zenetos, A.; Papathanassiou, E. (2005). Globalisation in marine ecosystems: the story of non-indigenous marine species across European seas. Oceanogr. Mar. Biol. Ann. Rev. 43: 419-453

Genbank

Taxonomy

WoRMS

External Links

Delivering Alien Invasive Species Inventories for Europe (DAISIE)
Marine Life Information Network - UK
Biodiversity Heritage Library (2 publications)
Barcode of Life (1 barcode)
GenBank (11 nucleotides; 9 proteins)
GBIF

Citation

Sanamyan, K. (2014). Perophora japonica Oka, 1927. 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:103758