| Full name: |
Ascidiacea World Database UPDATED!
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| Short name: |
WoRMS Ascidiacea |
| Version: |
2019-03-05 |
| Release date: |
2019-03-05 |
| Authors/editors: |
Shenkar N., Gittenberger A., Lambert G., Rius M., Moreira Da Rocha R., Swalla B.J. & Turon X. |
| Taxonomic coverage: |
Animalia - Chordata - Ascidiacea |
| English name of the group: |
Ascidians, sea squirts |
|
Number of living species |
2,925 |
|
Number of living infraspecific taxa |
6 |
| Number of extinct species: |
0 |
| Number of extinct infraspecific taxa: |
0 |
| Number of synonyms: |
2,598 |
| Number of common names: |
360 |
| Total number of names: |
5,889 |
| Abstract: |
This global marine species list is part of the World Register of Marine Species database, which aims to provide the most authoritative list of names of all marine species globally. Data have been contributed to the Catalogue of Life via the WoRMS, hosted by the Flanders Marine Institute (VLIZ). |
| Organization: |
Faculty of Life Sciences, Tel-Aviv University, Tel-Aviv, Israel; Naturalis Biodiversity Center, Leiden, Netherlands; Friday Harbor Laboratories, University of Washington, Friday Harbor WA, USA; University of Southampton, Southampton, UK |
| Website: |
http://www.marinespecies.org/ascidiacea
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| Bibliographic citation: |
Shenkar N., Gittenberger A., Lambert G., Rius M., Moreira Da Rocha R., Swalla B.J. & Turon X. (2019). WoRMS Ascidiacea: Ascidiacea World Database (version 2019-03-05). In: Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life, 2019 Annual Checklist (Roskov Y., Ower G., Orrell T., Nicolson D., Bailly N., Kirk P.M., Bourgoin T., DeWalt R.E., Decock W., Nieukerken E. van, Zarucchi J., Penev L., eds.). Digital resource at www.catalogueoflife.org/annual-checklist/2019. Species 2000: Naturalis, Leiden, the Netherlands. ISSN 2405-884X. |
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