{"scientificNameAuthorship":"Hoshino & Tokioka, 1967","RecordModifiedOn":"2017-08-21","CAAB_code":"35010001","phylum":"Chordata","Notes":"<i>Ciona intestinalis</i> has previously been regarded as cosmopolitan species and potentially introduced into many areas. Recent molecular work has shown that more than one species was included under this name. <i>C. intestinalis s.s.</i> (= type B) is found predominantly in the north Atlantic, but also in other areas, eg Yellow Sea. The Indo-Pacific (including Australia and New Zealand), Mediterranean and southern African form (= <i>C. intestinalis</i> type A) is now recognised as distinct.","habitat":"Marine unspecified<br>","NameVerifiedSource":"Brunetti, R., Gissi, C., Pennati, R., Caicci, F., Gasparini, F., Manni, L., 2015. Morphological evidence that the molecularly determined <i>Ciona intestinalis</i> type A and type B are different species: <i> Ciona robusta</i> and <i>Ciona intestinalis</i>., <i>Journal of Zooligical Systematics and Evolutionary Research</i>, Vol. 53(3): 186-193. . doi:10.1111/jzs.12101 <a href=\"https://doi.org/10.1111&#x25;2Fjzs.12101\">doi:10.1111&#x25;2Fjzs.12101</a>","Parent_Id":35010901,"scientificName":"Ciona robusta","kingdom":"Animalia","order":"Phlebobranchia","otherVernacularNames":"","Reference":"Wells, A. Houston, W. W. K. , Editors, 1998, <i>Zoological catalogue of Australia. Volume 34. Hemichordata, Tunicata, Cephalochordata</i>. CSIRO, East Melbourne","vernacularName":"[an ascidian]","ChildCodes":"","RecordCreatedOn":"2000-11-06","scientificNameID_WoRMS":"urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:103732","family":"Cionidae","standardName":"","class":"Ascidiacea","scientificNameID_AFD":"urn:lsid:biodiversity.org.au:afd.name:41f05eda-516a-44ff-b5a3-002a0b548bec","CAAB_status":"Valid"}