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

Morchellium argus (Milne-Edwards, 1841)

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Morchellium*	Giard, 1872	accepted genus name

Species group names

*Aplidium argus*	(Milne-Edwards, 1841)	synonym; comb. ined.

Vernaculars (+) (-)

English: colonial sesquirt sources: BIOTIC

French: flocon pédonculé rouge

Literature

basis of record	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	Muller, Y. (2004). Faune et flore du littoral du Nord, du Pas-de-Calais et de la Belgique: inventaire. [Coastal fauna and flora of the Nord, Pas-de-Calais and Belgium: inventory]. Commission Régionale de Biologie Région Nord Pas-de-Calais: France. 307 pp.
additional source	UNESCO-IOC Register of Marine Organisms
additional source	Millar, R.H. (1960) Ascidiacea with a key to the species. The fauna of the Clyde Sea Area Rep. Scott. mar. biol. assoc. Millport, 16p.?.

Taxon found in 58 publications.

Genbank

Taxonomy

WoRMS

External Links

Marine Life Information Network - UK
Biodiversity Heritage Library (31 publications)
GBIF

Citation

Gittenberger, A.; Moreira da Rocha, R.; Sanamyan, K. (2014). Morchellium argus (Milne-Edwards, 1841). 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:148714