MarBEF Data System - ERMS - Morchellium argus (Milne Edwards, 1841)

WoRMS taxon details

Morchellium argus (Milne Edwards, 1841)

AphiaID

148714 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:148714)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Species

Parent

Morchellium Giard, 1872

Original name

Amaroucium argus Milne Edwards, 1841

Synonymised names

Amaroucium argus Milne Edwards, 1841 · unaccepted (original combination)

Aplidium argus (Milne Edwards, 1841) · unaccepted (new combination)

Environment

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

Original description

(of Aplidium argus (Milne Edwards, 1841)) Milne Edwards, H. (1841). Observations sur les Ascidies composées des côtes de la Manche. Mémoires de l'Académie des Sciences de l'Institut de France. 18: 217-326. [details]

(of Amaroucium argus Milne Edwards, 1841) Milne Edwards, H. (1841). Observations sur les Ascidies composées des côtes de la Manche. Mémoires de l'Académie des Sciences de l'Institut de France. 18: 217-326. [details]

Taxonomic citation

Shenkar, N.; Gittenberger, A.; Lambert, G.; Rius, M.; Moreira da Rocha, R.; Swalla, B.J.; Turon, X. (2025). Ascidiacea World Database. Morchellium argus (Milne Edwards, 1841). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=148714 on 2025-04-05

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2005-03-29 08:12:19Z

created

Claus, Simon

2007-12-05 12:32:01Z

checked

Sanamyan, Karen

2009-05-04 12:44:14Z

changed

Moreira da Rocha, Rosana

2010-06-25 11:54:01Z

changed

Gittenberger, Arjan

Licensing

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Nomenclature

original description (of Aplidium argus (Milne Edwards, 1841)) Milne Edwards, H. (1841). Observations sur les Ascidies composées des côtes de la Manche. Mémoires de l'Académie des Sciences de l'Institut de France. 18: 217-326. [details]

original description (of Amaroucium argus Milne Edwards, 1841) Milne Edwards, H. (1841). Observations sur les Ascidies composées des côtes de la Manche. Mémoires de l'Académie des Sciences de l'Institut de France. 18: 217-326. [details]

basis of record Hayward, P.J. & J.S. Ryland (Eds.). (1990). The marine fauna of the British Isles and North-West Europe: 1. Introduction and protozoans to arthropods. Clarendon Press: Oxford, UK. 627 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors

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Other

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

additional source Muller, Y. (2004). Faune et flore du littoral du Nord, du Pas-de-Calais et de la Belgique: inventaire. [Coastal fauna and flora of the Nord, Pas-de-Calais and Belgium: inventory]. Commission Régionale de Biologie Région Nord Pas-de-Calais: France. 307 pp., available online at http://www.vliz.be/imisdocs/publications/145561.pdf [details]

additional source Millar, R. H. (1960). Ascidiacea with a key to the species. The fauna of the Clyde Sea Area. Scott. mar. biol. assoc. Millport. 16p. [details]