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Ascidia  Linnaeus, 1767
Taxonomic Serial No.: 159174

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 Taxonomy and Nomenclature
       
  Kingdom: Animalia  
  Taxonomic Rank: Genus  
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  Taxonomic Status:    
  Current Standing: valid  
       
  Data Quality Indicators:    
  Record Credibility Rating: verified - standards met  
  Global Species Completeness: partial   
  Latest Record Review: 2004   
       

 Taxonomic Hierarchy
       
 KingdomAnimalia  – Animal, animaux, animals  
    SubkingdomBilateria  – triploblasts  
       InfrakingdomDeuterostomia   
          PhylumChordata  – cordés, cordado, chordates  
             SubphylumUrochordata  – urocordado, tunicates, sea squirts, salps, ascidies  
                ClassAscidiacea  – ascidians, sessile tunicates, ascídia, ascidies, tuniqués sessiles  
                   OrderEnterogona   
                      SuborderPhlebobranchia Lahille, 1887  
                         FamilyAscidiidae Herdman, 1882  
                            GenusAscidia Linnaeus, 1767  
    Direct Children:  
                               SpeciesAscidia callosa Stimpson, 1852  
                               SpeciesAscidia ceratodes (Huntsman, 1912)  
                               SpeciesAscidia challengeri Herdman, 1882  
                               SpeciesAscidia clementea Ritter, 1907  
                               SpeciesAscidia conchilega   
                               SpeciesAscidia corelloides (Van Name, 1924)  
                               SpeciesAscidia curvata (Traustedt, 1882)  
                               SpeciesAscidia dijmphniana (Traustedt, 1886)  
                               SpeciesAscidia dispar Arnback, 1938  
                               SpeciesAscidia interrupta Heller, 1878  
                               SpeciesAscidia mentula   
                               SpeciesAscidia meridionalis Herdman, 1880  
                               SpeciesAscidia nigra (Savigny, 1816)  
                               SpeciesAscidia obliqua Alder, 1863  
                               SpeciesAscidia paratropa (Huntsman, 1912)  
                               SpeciesAscidia prunum O. F. Mueller, 1776  
                               SpeciesAscidia syneiensis Stimpson, 1855  
                               SpeciesAscidia translucida Herdman, 1880  
                               SpeciesAscidia unalaskensis (Ritter, 1913)  
                               SpeciesAscidia vermiformis (Ritter, 1913)  
                               SpeciesAscidia virginea   
       

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  Source: NODC Taxonomic Code, database (version 8.0)  
  Acquired: 1996   
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  Reference for: Ascidia   
       
  Publication(s):    
  Author(s)/Editor(s): Wells, A., and W. W. K. Houston, eds.   
  Publication Date: 1998   
  Article/Chapter Title: Hemichordata, Tunicata, Cephalochordata   
  Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.: Zoological Catalogue of Australia, vol. 34   
  Page(s): xiii + 298   
  Publisher: CSIRO   
  Publication Place: Melbourne, Australia   
  ISBN/ISSN: 0-643-06036-7   
  Notes:    
  Reference for: Ascidia   
       

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