Ascidia

Ascidia
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Ascidiacea
Order:	Enterogona
Suborder:	Phlebobranchia
Family:	Ascidiidae
Genus:	Ascidia Linnaeus, 1767
Synonyms[1]
Ascidea Linnaeus, 1767 (spelling variation) Ascidie Linnaeus, 1767 (spelling variation) Ascidiopsis Verrill, 1872 Bathyascidia Hartmeyer, 1901 Phallusioides Huntsman, 1912 Tunica

Ascidia is a genus of tunicates in the family Ascidiidae.^[1][2]

Selected species

Diagrammatic section of an Ascidia, representing the three sacs and the branchial sac as the pharynx or throat: (a) branchial orifice; (b) atrial orifice; (c) tunic or test (d) mantle; (e) branchial sac; (f) gullet; (g) stomach; (h) anal orifice; (i) dorsal lamina; the dotted line indicates the endostyle.

• Ascidia achimotae Millar, 1953
• Ascidia adamanensis Oka, 1915
• Ascidia ahodori Oka, 1927
• Ascidia alisea Monniot & Monniot, 2006
• Ascidia alpha Tokioka, 1953
• Ascidia alterna Monniot & Monniot, 1991
• Ascidia archaia Sluiter, 1890
• Ascidia arenosa Hartmeyer, 1898
• Ascidia armata Hartmeyer, 1906
• Ascidia aspera Brunetti, 2007
• Ascidia austera Sluiter, 1904
• Ascidia aximensis Millar, 1953
• Ascidia azurea Monniot & Monniot, 1996
• Ascidia bathybia Hartmeyer, 1922
• Ascidia bifissa Sluiter, 1895
• Ascidia bocatorensis Bonnet & Rocha, 2011^[2]
• Ascidia caguayensis Millar & Goodbody, 1974
• Ascidia callosa Stimpson, 1852
• Ascidia canaliculata Heller, 1878
• Ascidia cannelata Oken, 1820
• Ascidia capillata Sluiter, 1887
• Ascidia caudata Heller, 1878
• Ascidia celtica C. Monniot, 1969
• Ascidia ceratodes (Huntsman, 1912)
• Ascidia challengeri Herdman, 1882
• Ascidia citrina Nishikawa & Tokioka, 1975
• Ascidia clementea Ritter, 1907
• Ascidia collini Bonnet & Rocha, 2011^[2]
• Ascidia columbiana (Huntsman, 1912)
• Ascidia conchilega Muller, 1776
• Ascidia conifera (Hartmeyer, 1911)
• Ascidia corallicola Bonnet & Rocha, 2011^[2]
• Ascidia correi C. Monniot, 1970
• Ascidia curvata (Traustedt, 1882)
• Ascidia decepta Kott, 1985
• Ascidia depressiuscula Heller, 1878
• Ascidia despecta Herdman, 1880
• Ascidia dijmphniana Templeton, 1834
• Ascidia dorsata Meenakshi & Renganathan, 1999
• Ascidia empheres Sluiter, 1895
• Ascidia escabanae Monniot, 1998
• Ascidia fictile Monniot, 1997
• Ascidia fistulosa Monniot & Monniot, 1967
• Ascidia formella Monniot, 1998
• Ascidia fusca Monniot & Monniot, 1989
• Ascidia gamma Tokioka, 1954
• Ascidia gemmata Sluiter, 1895
• Ascidia glabra Hartmeyer, 1922
• Ascidia hyalina Oka, 1915
• Ascidia iberica C. Monniot & F. Monniot, 1988
• Ascidia incrassata Heller, 1878
• Ascidia interrupta Heller, 1978
• Ascidia involuta Heller, 1875
• Ascidia irregularis Oka, 1915
• Ascidia kreagra Sluiter, 1895
• Ascidia krechi Michaelsen, 1904
• Ascidia kuneides Sluiter, 1887
• Ascidia lagena Michaelsen, 1922
• Ascidia latesiphonica Hartmeyer, 1922
• Ascidia liberata Sluiter, 1887
• Ascidia limpida Sluiter, 1904
• Ascidia longistriata Hartmeyer, 1906
• Ascidia macropapilla Millar, 1982
• Ascidia malaca (Traustedt, 1883)
• Ascidia matoya Tokioka, 1949
• Ascidia mediterranea Pérès, 1959
• Ascidia melanostoma Sluiter, 1885
• Ascidia mentula Müller, 1776
• Ascidia meridionalis Herdman, 1880
• Ascidia molguloides C. Monniot, 1975
• Ascidia monnioti Bonnet & Rocha, 2011^[2]
• Ascidia multitentaculata (Hartmeyer, 1912)
• Ascidia munda Sluiter, 1897
• Ascidia muricata Heller, 1874
• Ascidia nerea Kott, 1985
• Ascidia nordestina Bonnet & Rocha, 2011
• Ascidia nuda Nishikawa, 1986
• Ascidia obliqua Alder, 1863
• Ascidia obocki Sluiter, 1905
• Ascidia occidentalis Kott, 1985
• Ascidia ornata Monniot & Monniot, 2001
• Ascidia pacifica Tokioka, 1967
• Ascidia panamensis Bonnet & Rocha, 2011^[2]
• Ascidia papillata Bonnet & Rocha, 2011
• Ascidia papillosa Tokioka, 1967
• Ascidia parasamea Kott, 1985
• Ascidia paratropa (Huntsman, 1912)
• Ascidia perfluxa Sluiter, 1904
• Ascidia placenta Herdman, 1880
• Ascidia polytrema Herdman, 1906
• Ascidia prolata Kott, 1985
• Ascidia prona Monniot & Monniot, 1994
• Ascidia prunum Müller, 1776
• Ascidia pygmaea Michaelsen, 1918
• Ascidia retinens Monniot, 1984
• Ascidia retrosipho Millar, 1988
• Ascidia saccula Kott, 2006
• Ascidia sagamiana Tokioka, 1953
• Ascidia salvatoris (Traustedt, 1885)
• Ascidia samea Oka, 1935
• Ascidia santosi Millar, 1958
• Ascidia savignyi Hartmeyer, 1915
• Ascidia scaevola (Sluiter, 1904)
• Ascidia scalariforme Bonnet & Rocha, 2011
• Ascidia spinosa Sluiter, 1904
• Ascidia stenodes Millar, 1962
• Ascidia stewartensis Millar, 1982
• Ascidia subterranea Kneer et al., 2013^[3]
• Ascidia sulca Monniot, 1991
• Ascidia sydneiensis Stimpson, 1855
• Ascidia tapuni Monniot & Monniot, 1987
• Ascidia tenera Herdman, 1880
• Ascidia tenue Monniot, 1983
• Ascidia thompsoni Kott, 1952
• Ascidia translucida Sluiter, 1890
• Ascidia tricuspis Sluiter, 1904
• Ascidia tritonis Herdman, 1883
• Ascidia trunca Brunetti, 2007
• Ascidia unalaskensis (Ritter, 1913)
• Ascidia urnalia Monniot, 1994
• Ascidia vermiformis (Ritter, 1913)
• Ascidia virginea Müller, 1776
• Ascidia willeyi Oka, 1915
• Ascidia xamaycana Millar & Goodbody, 1974
• Ascidia zara Oka, 1935
• Ascidia zyogasima Tokioka, 1962

References

1. Karen Sanamyan & Claude Monniot (2013). Noa Shenkar, Arjan Gittenberger, Gretchen Lambert, Marc Rius, Rosana Moreira Da Rocha, Billie J Swalla & Xavier Turon, ed. "Ascidia Linnaeus, 1767". Ascidiacea World Database. World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved February 25, 2012.
2. N. Y. K. Bonnet & R. M. Rocha (2011). "The family Ascidiidae Herdman (Tunicata: Ascidiacea) in Bocas del Toro Panama. Description of six new species". Zootaxa 2864: 1–33.
3. Dominik Kneer, Françoise Monniot, Thomas Stach, Marjolijn J,. A. Christianen (2013). "Ascidia subterranea sp. nov. (Phlebobranchia: Ascidiidae), a new tunicate belonging to the A. sydneiensis Stimpson, 1855 group, found as burrow associate of Axiopsis serratifrons A. Milne-Edwards, 1873 (Decapoda: Axiidae) on Derawan Island, Indonesia". Zootaxa 3616 (5): 485–494. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.3616.5.5.

External links

• Media related to Ascidia at Wikimedia Commons