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Order | 6 subtaxa | 58 images | 2 ident. refs | ||||
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Order | 5 subtaxa | 89 images | 2 ident. refs | ||||
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Order | 7 subtaxa | 98 images | 5 ident. refs | ||||
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Unidentified | 31 images | ||||||
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Order | 6 subtaxa | 58 images | 2 ident. refs | ||||
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Order | 5 subtaxa | 89 images | 2 ident. refs | ||||
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Order | 7 subtaxa | 98 images | 5 ident. refs | ||||
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Unidentified | 31 images | ||||||
| Class | ASCIDIACEA (ascidians, sea-squirts) |
| Subphylum | TUNICATA (ascidians, sea-squirts, tunicates) |
| Phylum | CHORDATA (vertebrates) |
| Superphylum | DEUTEROSTOMIA (deuterostomes) |
| Clade | Bilateria (bilaterally symmetrical animals) |
| Subkingdom | EUMETAZOA (metazoans) |
| Kingdom | ANIMALIA (animals) |
| Domain | Eukaryota (eukaryotes) |
| Life | BIOTA (living things) |
| Author | Year | Title | Source | |
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| Alder, J. & Hancock, A. (Hopkinson J. (Ed.)) | 1905 | *** The British Tunicata; an unfinished monograph, by the late Joshua Alder and the late Albany Hancock ***(Superseded) | Vol 83, 86 & 93, 146+164+113 (+66 colour plates)pp, The Ray Society, London | |
| Gittenberger, A. | The Dutch Ascidians | www.ascidians.com | ||
| Goff, T., le | Biodiversity des algues marines et de la fauna marine des cotes francaises: Manche et Atlantique | www.marevita.org/index.php?option=accueil | ||
| Gregory, J. | British Marine Life Pictures | www.britishmarinelifepictures.co.uk/gallery.html | ||
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Millar, R.H. | 1970 | British Ascidians | Synopses of the British Fauna (New Series), 1, 88pp, The Linnean Society of London |
Technique | ||||
| Stefeniak, L. & Gittenberger, A. | Panama - Bocas del Toro | www.ascidians.com/localities/bocasdeltoro.htm |
ASCIDIACEA (ascidians, sea-squirts) may also be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:
 NBN (data.nbn.org.uk)
has a distribution map for ASCIDIACEA (ascidians, sea-squirts)
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 BioInfo (www.bioinfo.org.uk)
has 13 host/parasite/foodplant and/or other relationships for ASCIDIACEA (ascidians, sea-squirts)
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Certain identification generally requires dissection followed by microscopic examination of internal features after removing the outer coat (test).
For the larger species this is often most easily accomplished with a pair of fine-pointed scissors inserted through the oral siphon; cutting with a scalpel invariably slices through the gut and gonads as well. This should be done relatively soon after collection, since, although they survive for several days in a refridgerator, once the gut is empty it is much less visible.
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