original description
Hartmeyer, R. (1899). Die Monascidien der Bremer Expedition nach Ostspitzbergen. <em>Zool. Jahrb., Sys.</em> 12: 453-511. [details]
additional source
Van Name, W. G. (1945). The North and South American ascidians. <em>Bull. Amer. Mus. Nat. Hist.</em> 84: 1-476., available online at http://digitallibrary.amnh.org/dspace/handle/2246/1186 [details]
From editor or global species database
Genetic nomenclature abbreviation Ciliss [details]