MarBEF Data System - ERMS - Polycarpa comata (Alder, 1863)

WoRMS taxon details

Polycarpa comata (Alder, 1863)

AphiaID

103899 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:103899)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Species

Parent

Polycarpa Heller, 1877

Original name

Cynthia comata Alder, 1863

Synonymised names

Cynthia comata Alder, 1863 · unaccepted (original combination)

Pandocia comata (Alder, 1863) · unaccepted (new combination)

Pandocia libera (Kiaer, 1893) · unaccepted (new combination)

Polycarpa curta Herdman, 1884 · unaccepted (original combination)

Polycarpa formosa Herdman, 1884 · unaccepted (original combination)

Polycarpa libera Kiaer, 1893 · unaccepted (original combination)

Styela comata (Alder, 1863) · unaccepted (new combination)

Styela fibrillata Alder & Hancock, 1907 · unaccepted (original combination)

Environment

marine, ~~fresh~~, ~~terrestrial~~

Original description

(of Cynthia comata Alder, 1863) Alder, J. (1863). Observations on the British Tunicata with descriptions of several new species. Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist., ser.3. 11: 153-173. [details]

Taxonomic citation

Shenkar, N.; Gittenberger, A.; Lambert, G.; Rius, M.; Moreira da Rocha, R.; Swalla, B.J.; Turon, X. (2024). Ascidiacea World Database. Polycarpa comata (Alder, 1863). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=103899 on 2024-11-23

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2004-12-21 15:54:05Z

created

Monniot, Claude

2007-12-05 12:32:01Z

checked

Sanamyan, Karen

Licensing

The webpage text is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License

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original description (of Cynthia comata Alder, 1863) Alder, J. (1863). Observations on the British Tunicata with descriptions of several new species. Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist., ser.3. 11: 153-173. [details]

original description (of Polycarpa curta Herdman, 1884) Herdman, W. A. (1884). Report upon the Tunicata dredged during the cruises of H.M.S. 'Porcupine' and 'Lightning' in the summer of 1868 and 1870. Trans. R. Soc. (Edinb.). 32(2): 219-231. [details]

original description (of Polycarpa formosa Herdman, 1884) Herdman, W. A. (1884). Report upon the Tunicata dredged during the cruises of H.M.S. 'Porcupine' and 'Lightning' in the summer of 1868 and 1870. Trans. R. Soc. (Edinb.). 32(2): 219-231. [details]

original description (of Polycarpa libera Kiaer, 1893) Kiaer, J. (1893). Oversigt over Norges Ascidiae Simplices. Forh. Vid. Selsk. Christian. 9: 1-105. [details]

original description (of Styela fibrillata Alder & Hancock, 1907) Alder, J.; Hancock, A. (1905-1912). The British Tunicata. London, Ray Society. vol.1 (1905), 146pp; 2 (1907), vol.2 (1907), 164pp; vol.3, (1912), 113pp. [details]

basis of record Monniot, C. (2001). Ascidiacea & Sorberacea. In: Costello, M.J. et al. (Ed.) (2001). European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels. 50: pp. 352-355. (look up in IMIS) [details]

additional source Vazquez, E.; Ramos-Elspa, A. A.; Turon, X. (1995). The genus Polycarpa (Ascidiacea, Styelidae) on the Atlantic and Mediterranean coasts of the Iberian Peninsula. J. Zool., Lond. 237: 593-614. [details] Available for editors

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additional source van der Land, J. (ed). (2008). UNESCO-IOC Register of Marine Organisms (URMO). , available online at http://www.marinespecies.org/urmo/ [details]

Present

Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio

Inaccurate

Introduced: alien

Containing type locality

From editor or global species database

Genetic nomenclature abbreviation Pocoma [details]

Definitions

To Biodiversity Heritage Library (14 publications) (from synonym Polycarpa libera Kiaer, 1893)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (30 publications)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (5 publications) (from synonym Pandocia libera (Kiaer, 1893))
To PESI
To ITIS