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Ascidia mentula Müller, 1776

103710 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:103710)

  1. Biota
  2. Animalia
  3. Chordata
  4. Tunicata
  5. Ascidiacea
  6. Phlebobranchia
  7. Ascidiidae
  8. Ascidia
  9. Ascidia mentula
accepted
Species
Ascidia Linnaeus, 1767
marine, fresh, terrestrial
Müller, O.F. (1776). Zoologiae Danicae Prodromus, seu Animalium Daniae et Norvegiae Indigenarum characters, nomina, et synonyma imprimis popularium. [Prodromus of Danish Zoology, or the characters, names, and synonyms of the indigenous animals of Denmark and Norway, especially of the popular ones.]. <em>Typis Hallageriis, Havniae.</em> 32: 1-282., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/47550 [details] OpenAccess publication
Shenkar, N.; Gittenberger, A.; Lambert, G.; Rius, M.; Moreira da Rocha, R.; Swalla, B.J.; Turon, X. (2025). Ascidiacea World Database. Ascidia mentula Müller, 1776. Accessed through: Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvanitidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2025) European Register of Marine Species at: https://www.vliz.be/vmdcdata/narms/narms.php?p=taxdetails&id=103710 on 2026-08-08
Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvanitidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2026). European Register of Marine Species. Ascidia mentula Müller, 1776. Accessed at: https://www.vliz.be/vmdcdata/narms/narms.php?p=taxdetails&id=103710 on 2026-08-08
Date
action
by
2004-12-21 15:54:05Z
created
Monniot, Claude
2007-12-05 12:32:01Z
checked
Sanamyan, Karen

original description Müller, O.F. (1776). Zoologiae Danicae Prodromus, seu Animalium Daniae et Norvegiae Indigenarum characters, nomina, et synonyma imprimis popularium. [Prodromus of Danish Zoology, or the characters, names, and synonyms of the indigenous animals of Denmark and Norway, especially of the popular ones.]. <em>Typis Hallageriis, Havniae.</em> 32: 1-282., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/47550 [details] OpenAccess publication

basis of record Monniot, C. (2001). Ascidiacea & Sorberacea. <em>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.</em> 50: pp. 352-355. (look up in IMIS) [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]. <em>Commission Régionale de Biologie Région Nord Pas-de-Calais: France.</em> 307 pp., available online at http://www.vliz.be/imisdocs/publications/145561.pdf [details] 

additional source Howson, C.M. & B.E. Picton. (1997). The species directory of the marine fauna and flora of the British Isles and surrounding seas. <em>Ulster Museum Publication, 276. The Ulster Museum: Belfast, UK. ISBN 0-948150-06-8.</em> vi, 508 (+ cd-rom) pp. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors  PDF available

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 Millar, R. H. (1966). Tunicata Ascidiacea. Marine invertebrates of Scandinavia. 1. <em>Oslo: Scandinavia University Books.</em> 123: pp. [details] Available for editors  PDF available
 
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French ascidie roseascidie à siphons écartes  [details]
Encyclopedia of Marine Life of Britain and Ireland 
Marine Life Information Network - UK 
To Barcode of Life (11 barcodes) 
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (273 publications) 
To Dyntaxa 
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Ascidia mentula) 
To GenBank (424 nucleotides; 2 proteins) 
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To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Chordata Collection (5 records) 
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