Species Ciona intestinalis (Linnaeus, 1767)
- Ascidia intestinalis Linnaeus, C. 1767. Systema naturae, per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum caracteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. Holmiae [= Stockholm] : L. Salvii Tomus I. Regnum Animale(pars 2) Editio duodecima, reformata [3 vols., 1766–68], pp. 533–1327. [1087] [conserved as type species of genus Ciona Fleming, 1822, see Melville, R.V. 1981. Opinion 1172. Ascidia intestinalis Linnaeus, 1767 (Tunicata) conserved. Bulletin of Zoological Nomenclature 38(2): 100–101].
Type data:
Status unknown, whereabouts unknown, European oceans.Secondary source:
Melville, R.V. 1981. Opinion 1172. Ascidia intestinalis Linnaeus, 1767 (Tunicata) conserved. Bulletin of Zoological Nomenclature 38(2): 100-101. - Tethyum sociabile Gunnerus, J.E. 1765. Söe-Pungen (Tethyum sociabile) fulständige beskreven. Trondhiemske Selskabs Skrifter 3: 81-102 [Translated 1767: Vollständige Beschreibund des Seebeutels. Drontheim Gesellsh. Shrift 3: 69 [100]] [99] [suppressed under Plenary Powers, see Melville, R.V. 1981. Opinion 1172. Ascidia intestinalis Linnaeus, 1767 (Tunicata) conserved. Bulletin of Zoological Nomenclature 38(2): 100–101].
Type data:
Status unknown, (lost), Trondheimsfjorden, Norway.Secondary source:
Melville, R.V. 1981. Opinion 1172. Ascidia intestinalis Linnaeus, 1767 (Tunicata) conserved. Bulletin of Zoological Nomenclature 38(2): 100-101. - Ascidia canina Mueller, O.F. 1776. pp. 224–226 in, Zoologiae Danicae. Copenhagen : Prodromus. [225].
Type data:
Status unknown, Denmark. - Ascidia corrugata Mueller, O.F. 1776. pp. 224–226 in, Zoologiae Danicae. Copenhagen : Prodromus. [225].
Type data:
Status unknown, Norwegian fjord. - Ascidia virens Fabricius, J.C. 1779. pp. 295, 383 in, Reise nach Norwegen mit Bemerkungen aus der Naturhistorie und Oekonomie. Hamburg : Carl Ernst Bohn. [295].
Type data:
Status unknown, Norway. - Ascidia viridiscens Bruguière, J.G. 1792. Histoire Naturelle des Vers. pp. 23–24, 26, 141–157, 178–188 pl. 75 fig. 5 in, Encyclopédie Méthodique Vol. 1. Paris and Liege : Panckoucke. [152].
Type data:
Status unknown, Le Havre, France. - Ascidia membranosa Renier, S.A. 1807. Tavola per servire alla classificazione e connoscenza degli animale. 8 tables. Padua. [t. 7].
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Status unknown, Anglesey, Wales. - Ascidia virescens Pennant, T. 1812. pp. 99–100 in, British Zoology. 5th Edn Vol. 4. London : Wilkie & Robinson. [99].
Type data:
Status unknown, Anglesey, Wales. - Ascidia diaphanaea Quoy, J.R.C. & Gaimard, J.P. 1834. Zoologie, Mollusques pp. 559–626. in, Voyages de découvertes de l'Astrolabe 1826–1829, Vol. 3. Paris : Pilet Ainé. [612].
Type data:
Status unknown, MNHP (depository uncertain, not found), Hobart, TAS. - Ascidia ocellata Agassiz, J.L.R. 1850. On the embryology of Ascidia and the characteristics of new species from the shores of Massachusetts. Proceedings of the American Association 1849: 157-159 [159].
Type data:
Status unknown, New Bedford, North Atlantic coast of North America. - Ascidia tenella Stimpson, W. 1852. Several new ascidians from the coast of the United States. Proceedings of the Boston Society of Natural History 4: 228-232 [228].
Type data:
Status unknown, Great Duck Is., Grand Manan, North Atlantic coast of North America. - Ascidia pulchella Alder, J. 1863. Observations on the British Tunicata with descriptions of several new species. Annals and Magazine of Natural History 3 11: 153-173 [157].
Type data:
Holotype HMN 4–3–7, Guernsey, Channel Is.Type locality references:
Hoshino, Z. & Nishikawa, T. 1985. Taxonomic studies of Ciona intestinalis (L.) and its allies. Publications of the Seto Marine Biological Laboratory 30(1–3): 61-79. - Ciona fascicularis Hancock, A. 1870. On the larval state of Molgula with a description of several new species of simple ascidians. Annals and Magazine of Natural History 4 6: 353-368 [364].
Type data:
Holotype HMN 1–6–2, Kilkieran Bay, Connemara, Republic of Ireland.
Paratype(s) BMNH 98.5.7.293.Type locality references:
Hoshino, Z. & Nishikawa, T. 1985. Taxonomic studies of Ciona intestinalis (L.) and its allies. Publications of the Seto Marine Biological Laboratory 30(1–3): 61-79. - Ciona (Pleurociona) edwardsi Roule, L. 1883. Sur deux nouvelles espèce d'ascidies simples. Comptes Rendus (Hebdomadaires) des Séances de l'Academie des Sciences. Série D. Sciences Naturelles 99: 613-614 [614].
Type data:
Status unknown, Marseille, France. - Ciona robusta Hoshino, Z. & Tokioka, T. 1967. An unusually robust Ciona from the northeastern coast of Honshu Island, Japan. Publications of the Seto Marine Biological Laboratory 15(4): 275-290 [275].
Type data:
Status unknown, whereabouts unknown, Onagawa Fisheries Laboratory fish-rearing tanks, Miyagi, Prefecture, Honsyu Island, Japan.
Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy
- Hartmeyer, R. 1924. Ascidiacea, part II. Zugleich eine Übersicht über die Arktische und boreale Ascidienfauna auf tiergeographischer Grundlage. Ingolf-Exped 2(7): 1-275 [90]
- Hoshino, Z. & Nishikawa, T. 1985. Taxonomic studies of Ciona intestinalis (L.) and its allies. Publications of the Seto Marine Biological Laboratory 30(1–3): 61-79 [63]
Distribution
States
New South Wales, Queensland, South Australia, Tasmania, Victoria, Western Australia
Extra Distribution Information
West coast N America from south Alaska to south California, Europe and Mediterranean Sea, Greenland to southern Massachusetts, Arctic.
IMCRA
Central Western Shelf Province (29), Southwest Shelf Transition (30), Southwest Shelf Province (31), Spencer Gulf Shelf Province (33), Western Bass Strait Shelf Transition (34), Bass Strait Shelf Province (35), Tasmanian Shelf Province (36), Southeast Shelf Transition (37), Central Eastern Shelf Province (38), Central Eastern Shelf Transition (39), Northeast Shelf Province (40), Northeast Shelf Transition (41)
Ecological Descriptors
Benthic, marine.
Extra Ecological Information
On ships' hulls and harbour installations.
General References
Kott, P. 1990. The Australian Ascidiacea Pt 2, Aplousobranchia (1). Memoirs of the Queensland Museum 29(1): 1-266
History of changes
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