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Asterocarpa humilis

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Asterocarpa humilis
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Subphylum: Tunicata
Class: Ascidiacea
Order: Stolidobranchia
Family: Styelidae
Genus: Asterocarpa
Species:
A. humilis
Binomial name
Asterocarpa humilis
(Heller, 1878)
Synonyms[1]

Asterocarpa cerea (Sluiter, 1900)
Cnemidocarpa asymmetra (Hartmeyer, 1912
Cnemidocarpa aucklandica Bovien, 1921
Cnemidocarpa cerea (Sluiter, 1900)
Cnemidocarpa gregaria (Kesteven, 1909)
Cnemidocarpa humilis (Heller, 1878)
Cnemidocarpa robinsoni Hartmeyer, 1916
Dendrodoa gregaria Kesteven, 1909
Pandocia gregaria (Kesteven, 1909)
Styela asymmetra (Hartmeyer, 1912)
Styela cerea Sluiter, 1900
Styela humilis Heller, 1878
Tethyum asymmetron Hartmeyer, 1912

Asterocarpa humilis is a species of ascidian tunicate first described in 1878 as Styela humilis by Camill Heller.[1][2][3]

They are a sessile, subtropical species found in depths up to 26m, in the Indo-Pacificm and the temperate seas of Australia: New Zealand, Chile and South Africa.[4]

As a member of the class Ascidiacea, the species is hermaphroditic allowing both cross- and self-fertilization. The eggs develop into larva before metamorphosis into benthic adults.[4][5]

References

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  1. ^ a b "WoRMS - World Register of Marine Species - Asterocarpa humilis (Heller, 1878)". www.marinespecies.org. Retrieved 22 July 2024.
  2. ^ "Species Asterocarpa humilis (Heller, 1878)". Australian Faunal Directory. Australian Government. Retrieved 22 July 2024.
  3. ^ Camill Heller (1878). "Beiträge zur nähern Kenntniss der Tunicaten". Sitzungsberichte der Akademie der Wissenschaften mathematisch-naturwissenschaftliche Klasse (in German). 77 (1): 83-109 [107]. ISSN 0723-9319. Wikidata Q63313134.
  4. ^ a b "Asterocarpa humilis". www.sealifebase.ca. Retrieved 22 July 2024.
  5. ^ P. Kott (2005), Catalogue of Tunicata in Australian Waters (PDF), Australian Biological Resources Study, p. i-iii, 1-305, Wikidata Q127696022
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