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Codes for Australian Aquatic Biota (CAAB) Taxon Report

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CAAB Code:	35 002018 show as JSON
Scientific Name and Authority:	Ascidia sydneiensis   Stimpson, 1855
Rank:	Species

CAAB category: 35 - Tunicata Tunicates (ascidians, larvaceans and salps) Family: 35 2 Ascidiidae (ascidians, sea squirts) - show full list Common Name: [an ascidian] Organism Type: an ascidian Synonyms: Ascidia sydneyensis Taxon lists: Current Australian list: Commercial species list: Standard Fish Names List: Habitat: Marine unspecified Parent Codes: 35 002901     Ascidia spp.

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Taxon Notes:

This species is currently considered to be circum-tropical in distribution. However, it is likely that several species are currently included, and there is need of a detailed review of the group. It is also probable that the true A. sydneyensis from Australia has been accidentally introduced to other areas in this region - specimens from artificial structures and port areas in particular are more likely to be this. Specimens from natural substrates away from ports are more likely to close

Identifiers:

AFD urn:lsid:biodiversity.org.au:afd.taxon:82c0934f-1f97-4fa8-bde5-128714ee6ca9 Name status: accepted    Checked on: 2019-11-21 View at Atlas of Living Australia Cleveland S1010202 WoRMS urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:215940 Name status: accepted    Checked on: 2022-06-22 View at WoRMS    - also at Ocean Biodiversity Information System (OBIS) (report and map of occurrences)

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Record source:	Wells, A. Houston, W. W. K. , Editors, 1998, Zoological catalogue of Australia. Volume 34. Hemichordata, Tunicata, Cephalochordata. CSIRO, East Melbourne
Scientific Name verified against:	Bonnet, N.Y.K., Lotufo, T.M.C., 2015. Description of Ascidia paulayi sp. nov. (Phlebobranchia: Ascidiidae) from French Polynesia, with a discussion about the Ascidia sydneyensis Stimpson, 1855 group., Zootaxa, Vol. 3994(2): 283-291.