Ecology
Habitat
Depth range based on 2094 specimens in 50 taxa.
Water temperature and chemistry ranges based on 470 samples.
Environmental ranges
Depth range (m): -3 - 4682
Temperature range (°C): -1.816 - 28.954
Nitrate (umol/L): 0.046 - 42.179
Salinity (PPS): 22.798 - 39.006
Oxygen (ml/l): 1.081 - 8.995
Phosphate (umol/l): 0.031 - 3.080
Silicate (umol/l): 0.693 - 134.936
Graphical representation
Depth range (m): -3 - 4682
Temperature range (°C): -1.816 - 28.954
Nitrate (umol/L): 0.046 - 42.179
Salinity (PPS): 22.798 - 39.006
Oxygen (ml/l): 1.081 - 8.995
Phosphate (umol/l): 0.031 - 3.080
Silicate (umol/l): 0.693 - 134.936
Note: this information has not been validated. Check this *note*. Your feedback is most welcome.
Water temperature and chemistry ranges based on 470 samples.
Environmental ranges
Depth range (m): -3 - 4682
Temperature range (°C): -1.816 - 28.954
Nitrate (umol/L): 0.046 - 42.179
Salinity (PPS): 22.798 - 39.006
Oxygen (ml/l): 1.081 - 8.995
Phosphate (umol/l): 0.031 - 3.080
Silicate (umol/l): 0.693 - 134.936
Graphical representation
Depth range (m): -3 - 4682
Temperature range (°C): -1.816 - 28.954
Nitrate (umol/L): 0.046 - 42.179
Salinity (PPS): 22.798 - 39.006
Oxygen (ml/l): 1.081 - 8.995
Phosphate (umol/l): 0.031 - 3.080
Silicate (umol/l): 0.693 - 134.936
Note: this information has not been validated. Check this *note*. Your feedback is most welcome.
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Associations
Known predators
Ascidia (ascidians/barnacles/bryozoans) is prey of:
Actinopterygii
Cheloniidae
Decapoda
Isopoda
Amphipoda
Pycnogonidae
Tanaidae
Asteroidea
Gastropoda
Scaphopoda
Neoloricata
Priapula
Polychaeta
Ophiuroidea
Based on studies in:
Puerto Rico, Puerto Rico-Virgin Islands shelf (Reef)
This list may not be complete but is based on published studies.
Actinopterygii
Cheloniidae
Decapoda
Isopoda
Amphipoda
Pycnogonidae
Tanaidae
Asteroidea
Gastropoda
Scaphopoda
Neoloricata
Priapula
Polychaeta
Ophiuroidea
Based on studies in:
Puerto Rico, Puerto Rico-Virgin Islands shelf (Reef)
This list may not be complete but is based on published studies.
- Opitz S (1996) Trophic interactions in Caribbean coral reefs. ICLARM Tech Rep 43, Manila, Philippines
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Molecular Biology and Genetics
Molecular Biology
Statistics of barcoding coverage
Barcode of Life Data Systems (BOLD) Stats
| Specimen Records: | 21 | Public Records: | 2 |
| Specimens with Sequences: | 18 | Public Species: | 2 |
| Specimens with Barcodes: | 2 | Public BINs: | 1 |
| Species: | 4 | ||
| Species With Barcodes: | 2 | ||
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Barcode data
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Locations of barcode samples
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Wikipedia
Ascidia
Ascidia is a genus of tunicates in the family Ascidiidae.[2] [1]
Selected species
- Ascidia achimotae Millar, 1953
- Ascidia adamanensis Oka, 1915
- Ascidia ahodori Oka, 1927
- Ascidia alisea Monniot & Monniot, 2006
- Ascidia alpha Tokioka, 1953
- Ascidia alterna Monniot & Monniot, 1991
- Ascidia archaia Sluiter, 1890
- Ascidia arenosa Hartmeyer, 1898
- Ascidia armata Hartmeyer, 1906
- Ascidia aspera Brunetti, 2007
- Ascidia austera Sluiter, 1904
- Ascidia aximensis Millar, 1953
- Ascidia azurea Monniot & Monniot, 1996
- Ascidia bathybia Hartmeyer, 1922
- Ascidia bifissa Sluiter, 1895
- Ascidia bocatorensis Bonnet & Rocha, 2011[2]
- Ascidia caguayensis Millar & Goodbody, 1974
- Ascidia callosa Stimpson, 1852
- Ascidia canaliculata Heller, 1878
- Ascidia cannelata Oken, 1820
- Ascidia capillata Sluiter, 1887
- Ascidia caudata Heller, 1878
- Ascidia celtica Monniot, C., 1969
- Ascidia ceratodes (Huntsman, 1912)
- Ascidia challengeri Herdman, 1882
- Ascidia citrina Nishikawa & Tokioka, 1975
- Ascidia clementea Ritter, 1907
- Ascidia collini Bonnet & Rocha, 2011[2]
- Ascidia columbiana (Huntsman, 1912)
- Ascidia conchilega Muller, 1776
- Ascidia conifera (Hartmeyer, 1911)
- Ascidia corallicola Bonnet & Rocha, 2011[2]
- Ascidia correi Monniot C., 1970
- Ascidia curvata (Traustedt, 1882)
- Ascidia decepta Kott, 1985
- Ascidia depressiuscula Heller, 1878
- Ascidia despecta Herdman, 1880
- Ascidia dijmphniana Templeton, 1834
- Ascidia dorsata Meenakshi & Renganathan, 1999
- Ascidia empheres Sluiter, 1895
- Ascidia escabanae Monniot, 1998
- Ascidia fictile Monniot, 1997
- Ascidia fistulosa Monniot & Monniot, 1967
- Ascidia formella Monniot, 1998
- Ascidia fusca Monniot & Monniot, 1989
- Ascidia gamma Tokioka, 1954
- Ascidia gemmata Sluiter, 1895
- Ascidia glabra Hartmeyer, 1922
- Ascidia hyalina Oka, 1915
- Ascidia iberica Monniot C. & Monniot F., 1988
- Ascidia incrassata Heller, 1878
- Ascidia interrupta Heller, 1978
- Ascidia involuta Heller, 1875
- Ascidia irregularis Oka, 1915
- Ascidia kreagra Sluiter, 1895
- Ascidia krechi Michaelsen, 1904
- Ascidia kuneides Sluiter, 1887
- Ascidia lagena Michaelsen, 1922
- Ascidia latesiphonica Hartmeyer, 1922
- Ascidia liberata Sluiter, 1887
- Ascidia limpida Sluiter, 1904
- Ascidia longistriata Hartmeyer, 1906
- Ascidia macropapilla Millar, 1982
- Ascidia malaca (Traustedt, 1883)
- Ascidia matoya Tokioka, 1949
- Ascidia mediterranea Pérès, 1959
- Ascidia melanostoma Sluiter, 1885
- Ascidia mentula Müller, 1776
- Ascidia meridionalis Herdman, 1880
- Ascidia molguloides Monniot, C., 1975
- Ascidia monnioti Bonnet & Rocha, 2011[2]
- Ascidia multitentaculata (Hartmeyer, 1912)
- Ascidia munda Sluiter, 1897
- Ascidia muricata Heller, 1874
- Ascidia nerea Kott, 1985
- Ascidia nordestina Bonnet & Rocha, 2011
- Ascidia nuda Nishikawa, 1986
- Ascidia obliqua Alder, 1863
- Ascidia obocki Sluiter, 1905
- Ascidia occidentalis Kott, 1985
- Ascidia ornata Monniot & Monniot, 2001
- Ascidia pacifica Tokioka, 1967
- Ascidia panamensis Bonnet & Rocha, 2011[2]
- Ascidia papillata Bonnet & Rocha, 2011
- Ascidia papillosa Tokioka, 1967
- Ascidia parasamea Kott, 1985
- Ascidia paratropa (Huntsman, 1912)
- Ascidia perfluxa Sluiter, 1904
- Ascidia placenta Herdman, 1880
- Ascidia polytrema Herdman, 1906
- Ascidia prolata Kott, 1985
- Ascidia prona Monniot & Monniot, 1994
- Ascidia prunum Müller, 1776
- Ascidia pygmaea Michaelsen, 1918
- Ascidia retinens Monniot, 1984
- Ascidia retrosipho Millar, 1988
- Ascidia saccula Kott, 2006
- Ascidia sagamiana Tokioka, 1953
- Ascidia salvatoris (Traustedt, 1885)
- Ascidia samea Oka, 1935
- Ascidia santosi Millar, 1958
- Ascidia savignyi Hartmeyer, 1915
- Ascidia scaevola (Sluiter, 1904)
- Ascidia scalariforme Bonnet & Rocha, 2011
- Ascidia spinosa Sluiter, 1904
- Ascidia stenodes Millar, 1962
- Ascidia stewartensis Millar, 1982
- Ascidia subterranea Kneer, Monniot, Stach & Christianen, 2013[3]
- Ascidia sulca Monniot, 1991
- Ascidia sydneiensis Stimpson, 1855
- Ascidia tapuni Monniot & Monniot, 1987
- Ascidia tenera Herdman, 1880
- Ascidia tenue Monniot, 1983
- Ascidia thompsoni Kott, 1952
- Ascidia translucida Sluiter, 1890
- Ascidia tricuspis Sluiter, 1904
- Ascidia tritonis Herdman, 1883
- Ascidia trunca Brunetti, 2007
- Ascidia unalaskensis (Ritter, 1913)
- Ascidia urnalia Monniot, 1994
- Ascidia vermiformis (Ritter, 1913)
- Ascidia virginea Müller, 1776
- Ascidia willeyi Oka, 1915
- Ascidia xamaycana Millar & Goodbody, 1974
- Ascidia zara Oka, 1935
- Ascidia zyogasima Tokioka, 1962
References
- ^ a b Sanamyan, K.; Monniot, C. (2012). Ascidia. In: Noa Shenkar, Arjan Gittenberger, Gretchen Lambert, Marc Rius, Rosana Moreira Da Rocha, Billie J Swalla, Xavier Turon (2012) Ascidiacea World Database. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=103483 on 2012-02-25
- ^ a b c d e f Bonnet, N.Y.K. & Rocha, R.M. (2011). "The family Ascidiidae Herdman (Tunicata: Ascidiacea) in Bocas del Toro Panama. Description of six new species." Zootaxa 2864: 1-33.
- ^ Kneer; Monniot; Stach; Christianen (2013). "Ascidia subterranea sp. nov. (Phlebobranchia: Ascidiidae), a new tunicate belonging to the A. sydneiensis Stimpson, 1855 group, found as burrow associate of Axiopsis serratifrons A. Milne-Edwards, 1873 (Decapoda: Axiidae) on Derawan Island, Indonesia". Zootaxa 3616 (5): 485-494. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.3616.5.5.
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