Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Phylum Chordata > Subphylum Tunicata > Class Ascidiacea > Order Stolidobranchia > Family Styelidae > Genus Styela

Styela plicata (Lesueur, 1823)

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Styela*	Fleming, 1822	accepted genus name

Vernaculars (+) (-)

Greek: Πατάτα θάλασσας

Literature

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	Monniot, F. & C. Monniot (1997). Ascidians collected in Tanzania.
additional source	Kott, P. (1985) The Australian Ascidiacea part 1, Phlebobranchia and Stolidobranchia Mem. Qd Mus. 23: 1-440.
additional source	Kott, P.; Bradford-Grieve, J.; Esnal, G.; Murdoch, R.C. (2009). Phylum Tunicata: sea squirts, salps, appendicularians, in: Gordon, D.P. (Ed.) (2009). New Zealand inventory of biodiversity: 1. Kingdom Animalia: Radiata, Lophotrochozoa, Deuterostomia. pp. 409-430.
additional source	Cole, L. and G. Lambert. 2009. Tunicata (Urochordata) of the Gulf of Mexico, Pp. 1209–1216 in Felder, D.L. and D.K. Camp (eds.), Gulf of Mexico–Origins, Waters, and Biota. Biodiversity. Texas A&M Press, College Station, Texas.
additional source	UNESCO-IOC Register of Marine Organisms

Genbank

Taxonomy

WoRMS

External Links

GenBank (216 nucleotides; 253 proteins)
Barcode of Life (14 barcodes)
USNM Invertebrate Zoology Chordata Collection
USNM Invertebrate Zoology Chordata Collection
Biodiversity Heritage Library (56 publications)
GBIF

Citation

Sanamyan, K. (2014). Styela plicata (Lesueur, 1823). 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:103936