Asterocarpa humilis
Asterocarpa humilis | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Subphylum: | Tunicata |
Class: | Ascidiacea |
Order: | Stolidobranchia |
Family: | Styelidae |
Genus: | Asterocarpa |
Species: | A. humilis
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Binomial name | |
Asterocarpa humilis (Heller, 1878)
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Synonyms[1] | |
Asterocarpa cerea (Sluiter, 1900) |
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
[edit]- ^ a b "WoRMS - World Register of Marine Species - Asterocarpa humilis (Heller, 1878)". www.marinespecies.org. Retrieved 22 July 2024.
- ^ "Species Asterocarpa humilis (Heller, 1878)". Australian Faunal Directory. Australian Government. Retrieved 22 July 2024.
- ^ 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.
- ^ a b "Asterocarpa humilis". www.sealifebase.ca. Retrieved 22 July 2024.
- ^ 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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